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Table 2 ICD 10 coding of 19 suicide deaths among pregnant and postpartum women reported from North Central Province, Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2011 (excluding two late maternal deaths due to suicide)

From: Maternal mortality revisited: the application of the new ICD-MM classification system in reference to maternal deaths in Sri Lanka

ICD-10 code

ICD-10 Classification

n

%1

X63

Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to pesticides

11

13.3

X64

Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances

2

3.6

X68

Intentional self-harm by smoke, fire and flame

2

3.6

X70

Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation

2

2.4

X71

Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system

1

1.2

X76

Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion

1

1.2

  1. 1Percentage calculated for total maternal deaths (83).
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