ICD to VA Cause Mappings

How DigitVA sends each ICD-10 and ICD-11 code to a WHO 2022 verbal autopsy cause in the WHO_2022_VA_2026 reporting scheme. Each row is compared with WHO's 2026 cause list (who_2022_va_cause_list_icd10_icd11.csv and its footnotes) every time the list changes, so the origin always matches the data.

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What do "Origin", the rules and the other columns mean?

WHO's 2022 verbal autopsy cause list says which ICD codes belong to each VA cause, mostly as code ranges (for example 1B40-1B42). Origin says where a code's VA cause comes from.

WHO: WHO's list gives the code to this cause and to no other. Nothing to decide.
WHO (overlap resolved): WHO's list gives the code to two or more causes — usually because its ranges overlap. A code can report to only one cause, so one of WHO's choices was taken by the rule shown under the badge (rules below). The other cause WHO listed is shown as also claimed by.
Not in WHO's list: A code coders can select that WHO's list happens not to cover, so a cause had to be assigned. The reason is shown under the badge — for example it follows its ICD-10 equivalent, or clinical review placed it (diabetic ketoacidosis under Diabetes).
Not a cause of death: Never selectable. WHO's cause list does not include these codes at all — for example ICD-11's traditional medicine, functioning and "factors influencing health status" chapters. They are mapped to Unknown cause only so that no record can ever go unreported.
Differs from WHO: WHO's list covers the code but gives it to a different cause, and the expert review deliberately chose otherwise. The reason is shown under the badge, for example viral infections of the central nervous system reported as Meningitis/encephalitis to match ICD-11.
Unmapped: No VA cause yet; such a code would report as unmatched.

The rules, with examples

WHO's more specific range: The code falls inside two WHO ranges; the range covering fewer codes is the more specific statement, so it wins. Example: 1B40 Acute rheumatic fever is inside the cardiac range 1B40-1B42 (VAs-04.99 Other and unspecified cardiac disease) and inside a much broader infectious-disease range (VAs-01.99); it reports as cardiac.
WHO names this code directly for this cause: WHO names the code on its own for one cause and only inside a range for another; the named code wins. Example: A33 Tetanus neonatorum is named for VAs-10.05 Neonatal tetanus and also sits inside the general tetanus range (VAs-01.08); it reports as neonatal tetanus.
WHO lists it for two causes and the code cannot tell them apart: WHO gives exactly the same code to two causes and the code itself cannot tell them apart. Example: ICD-10 P95 Fetal death of unspecified cause is listed for both Fresh (VAs-11.01) and Macerated (VAs-11.02) stillbirth; ICD-10 has no way to separate them and DigitVA does not invent codes, so P95 reports as Macerated. ICD-11 separates them (KD3B.1 intrapartum, KD3B.0 antepartum).
Traffic events count as road traffic, others as other transport: WHO prints one ICD-11 range, PA00-PA5Z, for both Road traffic (VAs-12.01) and Other transport (VAs-12.02) and says the split is whether the death was a road traffic accident. The ICD-11 code says so: traffic events (PA0x) are road traffic; non-traffic, railway, water and air events are other transport. Where it is unknown whether the event was traffic, DigitVA follows WHO's own ICD-10 rule — assume traffic for vehicle occupants and cyclists, not for pedestrians or off-road vehicles.
Maltreatment by others counts as Assault: Expert review places maltreatment by others (PJ20-PJ2Z) under Assault.
Reported the same way as its ICD-10 equivalent I25: Chronic ischaemic heart disease (BA5x) is reported as Acute cardiac disease, matching ICD-10 I25.
Other expert-review reasons: These explain clinical placements, ICD-10 equivalents, corrected WHO ranges, stillbirth timing, and transport assumptions in plain language. A badge tooltip gives the review decision number and date; the CSV keeps the full audit note.

Other columns

Coding: Selectable / Not selectable: Whether a coder may choose this code as a cause of death (age and sex rules still apply per death). Not selectable codes still carry a VA cause so that any record already using them reports correctly.
Policy review: Reviewed / Unreviewed: Whether a person has confirmed the code's selectability. ICD-11 is currently an Unreviewed draft built from WHO's list, awaiting expert review.

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Classification	Code	Code title	VA cause	Origin
ICD-10	`A00`	Cholera	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A01`	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A02`	Other salmonella infections	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A03`	Shigellosis	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A04`	Other bacterial intestinal infections	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A05`	Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A06`	Amoebiasis	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A07`	Other protozoal intestinal diseases	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A08`	Viral and other specified intestinal infections	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A09`	Other gastroenteritis and colitis of infectious and unspecified origin	`VAs-01.04` Diarrheal diseases	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A15`	Respiratory tuberculosis, bacteriologically and histologically confirmed	`VAs-01.09` Pulmonary tuberculosis	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A16`	Respiratory tuberculosis, not confirmed bacteriologically or histologically	`VAs-01.09` Pulmonary tuberculosis	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A17`	Tuberculosis of nervous system	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A18`	Tuberculosis of other organs	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A19`	Miliary tuberculosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A20`	Plague	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A21`	Tularaemia	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A22`	Anthrax	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A23`	Brucellosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A24`	Glanders and melioidosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A25`	Rat-bite fevers	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A26`	Erysipeloid	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A27`	Leptospirosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A28`	Other zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A30`	Leprosy [Hansen disease]	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A31`	Infection due to other mycobacteria	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A32`	Listeriosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A33`	Tetanus neonatorum	`VAs-10.05` Neonatal tetanus	WHO (overlap resolved) WHO names this code directly for this cause WHO also lists: VAs-01.08
ICD-10	`A34`	Obstetrical tetanus	`VAs-01.08` Tetanus	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A35`	Other tetanus	`VAs-01.08` Tetanus	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A36`	Diphtheria	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A37`	Whooping cough	`VAs-01.10` Pertussis	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A38`	Scarlet fever	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A39`	Meningococcal infection	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A40`	Streptococcal sepsis	`VAs-01.01` Sepsis	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A41`	Other sepsis	`VAs-01.01` Sepsis	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A42`	Actinomycosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A43`	Nocardiosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A44`	Bartonellosis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A46`	Erysipelas	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A48`	Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A49`	Bacterial infection of unspecified site	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A50`	Congenital syphilis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A51`	Early syphilis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A52`	Late syphilis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A53`	Other and unspecified syphilis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A54`	Gonococcal infection	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A55`	Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A56`	Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A57`	Chancroid	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A58`	Granuloma inguinale	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A59`	Trichomoniasis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A60`	Anogenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infection	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A63`	Other predominantly sexually transmitted diseases, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A64`	Unspecified sexually transmitted disease	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A65`	Nonvenereal syphilis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A66`	Yaws	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A67`	Pinta [carate]	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A68`	Relapsing fevers	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A69`	Other spirochaetal infections	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A70`	Chlamydia psittaci infection	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A75`	Typhus fever	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A77`	Spotted fever [tick-borne rickettsioses]	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A78`	Q fever	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A79`	Other rickettsioses	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A80`	Acute poliomyelitis	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A81`	Atypical virus infections of central nervous system	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A82`	Rabies	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A83`	Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A84`	Tick-borne viral encephalitis	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A85`	Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A86`	Unspecified viral encephalitis	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A87`	Viral meningitis	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A88`	Other viral infections of central nervous system, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A89`	Unspecified viral infection of central nervous system	`VAs-01.07` Meningitis and encephalitis	Differs from WHO Viral infections of the brain and spinal cord count as Meningitis/encephalitis, as in ICD-11 WHO also lists: VAs-01.99
ICD-10	`A92`	Other mosquito-borne viral fevers	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A93`	Other arthropod-borne viral fevers, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A94`	Unspecified arthropod-borne viral fever	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A95`	Yellow fever	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A96`	Arenaviral haemorrhagic fever	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A97`	Dengue	`VAs-01.12` Dengue fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A98`	Other viral haemorrhagic fevers, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`A99`	Unspecified viral haemorrhagic fever	`VAs-01.11` Haemorrhagic fever	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B00`	Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B01`	Varicella [chickenpox]	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B02`	Zoster [herpes zoster]	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B03`	Smallpox	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B04`	Monkeypox	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B05`	Measles	`VAs-01.06` Measles	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B06`	Rubella [German measles]	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B07`	Viral warts	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B08`	Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B09`	Unspecified viral infection characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B15`	Acute hepatitis A	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B16`	Acute hepatitis B	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B17`	Other acute viral hepatitis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B18`	Chronic viral hepatitis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B19`	Unspecified viral hepatitis	`VAs-01.99` Unspecified infectious disease	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B20`	Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in infectious and parasitic diseases	`VAs-01.03` HIV/AIDS related death	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.
ICD-10	`B21`	Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in malignant neoplasms	`VAs-01.03` HIV/AIDS related death	WHO WHO lists this code for this cause.