National rates of non-fatal emergency department visits and hospitalisations due to fall-related injuries in older adults 2010-2014 and 2016: transitioning from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM.

Increased rates of fall-related hospitalisations could be an artefact of the transition or may reflect an increase in the rate of fall-related hospitalisations. Analyses of fall-related hospitalisations across the transition should be interpreted cautiously.