The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is designed to promote international comparability in the collection, processing, classification, and presentation of hospital inpatient and mortality data. The Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) is used to code diagnoses and external causes of injury and poisoning. Chapter XIX - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes and Chapter XX - External causes of morbidity and mortality are particularly important in relation to injury surveillance and control.