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Underlying cause of death code (ICD-10 2nd edn) ANN-ANN

Definition

The ICD10 code set representing the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury (WHO 2004)

Representation

Data Type String
Format ANN-ANN
Maximum character length 6

References


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Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 1