The classification of trauma. Lessons leaned in classifying injuries of 1,797 patients from civil disturbances in Northern Ireland, 1969-1971
Rutherford, W.H.; Ferguson, D.G.
Journal of Trauma 15(1): 63-67
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5282 PMID: 1117468 Document Number: 94366
The difficulties of applying the rules of the International Classification of Diseases to trauma cases are discussed on the basis of coding the injuries of 1,797 injured patients from civil disorders in Northern Ireland, 1969-1971. Certain inadequacies of the code are indicated and suggestions made about ways to modify it and make its applications more informative.