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Table 4 Frequency of the 15 most common unusable ICD-10 codes in national DHIS2 health facility data for 2018

From: Improving quality of medical certification of causes of death in health facilities in Tanzania 2014–2019

ICD-10 code

Cause

Number of deaths

I10.

Essential (primary) hypertension

1281

R99.

Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality

1261

I50.

Heart failure

1131

A41.

Other septicemia

884

S09.

Other and unspecified injury of the head

290

D64.

Other anemias

213

C80.

Malignant neoplasm without specification of site

207

J06.

Acute upper respiratory infection of multiple unspecified sites

192

J81.

Pulmonary oedema

160

D50.

Iron deficiency anemia

112

K65.

Peritonitis

92

R57

Shock

73

R50.

Fever of unknown origin

51

N17.

Acute renal failure

37

X49.

Accidental poisoning and or exposure to other and unspecified chemicals and toxins

24

 

Total

6008