External cause
External cause codes are recorded in the nineteen secondary diagnosis fields (thirteen from 2002-03 to 2006-07, seven prior to 2002-03), which make it possible to record additional information in the episode. The codes reflect the cause of a patient's attendance in hospital and are recorded using the V01 to Y98 ICD-10 codes.
The External cause tables display these codes at the 3-character level along with descriptions.
Note: (19/08/11) An update to the 2009-10 External cause table has been published. The fields incorrectly labelled 'Mean time waited' and 'Median time waited' have been corrected to 'Mean length of stay' and 'Median length of stay'.
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Responsible statistician
The responsible statistician for this publication is Chris Dew, HES/SUS Analysis (Service) Section Head ([email protected], 0845 300 6016).
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