In order to provide a consistent grouping and ranking standard, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) prepared a List of 113 Selected Causes of Death. Fifty causes on that list plus two others are eligible to be ranked as leading causes of death. For more information about the NCHS rankings see Part 9 - Underlying Cause-of-Death Lists for Tabulating Mortality Statistics on the NCHS website.

A full list of ICD-10 codes is available at https://icd.who.int/browse10/.

	Cause of Death	ICD-10 Codes	Note
1	Salmonella infections	A01-A02
2	Shigellosis and amebiasis	A03, A06
3	Tuberculosis	A16-A19
4	Whooping cough	A37
5	Scarlet fever and erysipelas	A38, A46
6	Meningococcal infection	A39
7	Septicemia	A40-A41
8	Syphilis	A50-A53
9	Acute poliomyelitis	A80
10	Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis	A83-A84, A85.2
11	Measles	B05
12	Viral hepatitis	B15-B19
13	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	B20-B24
14	Malaria	B50-B54
15	Malignant neoplasms	C00-C97	Common name: Cancer
16	In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior	D00-D48
17	Anemias	D50-D64
18	Diabetes mellitus	E10-E14
19	Nutritional deficiencies	E40-E64
20	Meningitis	G00, G03
21	Parkinson disease	G20-G21
22	Alzheimer disease	G30
23	Diseases of heart	I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51	Common name: Heart disease
24	Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease	I10, I12, I15
25	Cerebrovascular diseases	I60-I69	Common name: Stroke
26	Atherosclerosis	I70
27	Aortic aneurysm and dissection	I71
28	Influenza and pneumonia	J09-J18
29	Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis	J20-J21
30	Chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD)	J40-J47	Includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, and other CLRDs
31	Pneumoconioses and chemical effects	J60-J66, J68
32	Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids	J69
33	Peptic ulcer	K25-K28
34	Diseases of appendix	K35-K38
35	Hernia	K40-K46
36	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	K70, K73-K74
37	Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder	K80-K82
38	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27	Common name: Kidney disease
39	Infections of kidney	N10-N12, N13.6, N15.1
40	Hyperplasia of prostate	N40
41	Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs	N70-N76
42	Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	O00-O99	This is not the same as "maternal mortality." Maternal death counts and rates are reported here.
43	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	P00-P96
44	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	Q00-Q99	Common names: Birth defects or Congenital anomalies
45	Unintentional injuries	V01-X59, Y85-Y86
46	Intentional self-harm (suicide)	X60-X84, Y87.0, *U03
47	Assault (homicide)	X85-Y09, Y87.1, *U01-*U02
48	Legal intervention	Y35, Y89.0
49	Operations of war and their sequelae	Y36, Y89.1
50	Complications of medical and surgical care	Y40-Y84, Y88
51	Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile	A04.7	Common name: C. diff.
52	Coronavirus disease 2019	U07.1	Common name: COVID-19

The ICD codes for terrorism are preceded with '*' because they are not used internationally. See Classification of Death and Injury Resulting from Terrorism on the CDC website.