ICD–10 consists of:
- tabular lists containing cause-of-death titles and codes (Volume 1)
- inclusion and exclusion terms for cause-of-death titles (Volume 1)
- description, guidelines, and coding rules (Volume 2)
- an alphabetical index to diseases and nature of injury, external causes of injury, table of drugs and chemicals (Volume 3)
ICD–10 Chapter Headings:
- Chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99)
- Chapter 2: Neoplasms (C00-D49)
- Chapter 3: Disease of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
- Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional, and metabolic Diseases (E00-E90)
- Chapter 5: Mental and behavioral disorders (F01-F99)
- Chapter 6: Diseases of nervous System and Sense Organs (G00-G99)
- Chapter 7: Diseases of Eye and Adnexa (H00-H59)
- Chapter 8: Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (H60-H99)
- Chapter 9: Diseases of Circulatory System
- Chapter 10: Diseases of Respiratory System (J00-J99)
- Chapter 11: Diseases of Digestive System (K00-K94)
- Chapter 12: Disease of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
- Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99)
- Chapter 14: Diseases of Genitourinary System (N00-N99)
- Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O99)
- Chapter 16: Newborn (Perinatal) (P00-P96)
- Chapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Chapter 18: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
- Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V01-Y95)
- Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)