DEATH CAUSE CODE FOR TRANSPLANT DONOR

The cause of death of a transplant donor, classified using the UK Transplant coding scheme.

National Codes:

0Living donor
10Intercranial haemorrhage
11Intracranial thrombosis
12Brain tumour
13Hypoxic brain damage - all causes
19Intracranial - type unclassified (CVA)
20Trauma Road Traffic Accident - car
21Trauma Road Traffic Accident  - motorbike
22Trauma Road Traffic Accident  - pushbike
23Trauma Road Traffic Accident  - pedestrian
29Trauma Road Traffic Accident  - unknown type
30Other trauma - known or suspected suicide
31Other trauma - accident
39Other trauma - unknown cause
40Cardiac arrest
41Myocardial infarction
42Aneurysm
43Ischaemic heart disease
44Congestive heart failure
45Pulmonary embolism
49Cardiovascular - type unclassified
50Chronic pulmonary disease
51Pneumonia
52Asthma
53Respiratory failure
54Carbon monoxide poisoning
59Respiratory - type unclassified (inc smoke inhalation)
60Cancer (other than brain tumour)
70Meningitis
71Septicaemia
72Infections - type unclassified
73Acute blood loss/hypovolaemia
74Liver failure (not self-poisoning)
75Renal failure
76Multi-organ failure
77Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
80Alcohol poisioning
81Paracetamol overdose
82Other drug overdose
85Self poisoning - type unclassified
98Other
99Unknown
 

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