The classification of external causes of death, according to ICD-10, requires the following information: 

The manner of death. The South African Death Certificate differs from the International Cause of Death Form, in that it doesn’t have designated space to indicate the manner of death

•The circumstances of the violence or accident. Report this as underlying cause of death in Part 1 

•The nature of injury, which can be reported as the immediate cause of death in Part 1

•And the place of occurrence, which is also not included in the South African form.

We’ll now elaborate more on each of these 4 items used to classify external causes of death.