Causes of Infant Death

This table provides the International Classification of Diseases codes used to define the Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH) categories for causes of infant death. WISH uses the ICD-10 titles for both the ICD-9 and ICD-10 categories. Categories are not always precisely equivalent between ICD-10 and ICD-9, but combining both sets of codes into a single database permits analysis of infant mortality across years.

Analysts examining trends for multiple years that include both ICD-10 (1999 and later) and ICD-9 (1989-1998) codes should read Trend Analysis Caution and Comparability Ratios (PDF, 129 KB).

ICD-10 (1999 and later) ICD-9 (1989-1998)
Title Codes Title Codes
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96) (Not a single category)   Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (760-779) (Not a single category)  
Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy P01 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 761
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, membranes P02 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, membranes 762
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified P07 Disorders related to short gestation and unspecified low birth weight 765
Respiratory distress of newborn P22 Respiratory distress syndrome 769
Bacterial sepsis of newborn P36 Other infections specific to the perinatal period 771.8
Other conditions originating in the perinatal period P00, P03-P06, P08-P21, P23-P37, P38-P96 Other conditions originating in the perinatal period 760, 763-764, 766-768, 770-771.7, 771.9 -779
Other Causes   Other Causes  
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities Q00-Q99 Congenital anomalies 740-759
Sudden infant death syndrome R95 Sudden infant death syndrome 798.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) V01-X59 Accidents E800-E869, E880-E929
Assault (homicide) X85-Y09 Homicide E960-E969
Other All other ICD-10 codes Other All other ICD-9 codes

Source: National Vital Statistics Reports, "Comparability of Cause of Death Between ICD–9 and ICD–10: Preliminary Estimates," Volume 49, No. 2, May 18, 2001.

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Last revised October 28, 2019