{"id":176,"date":"2014-07-10T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workers-compensation\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2024-03-21T16:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:18:37","slug":"cause-code","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/workers-compensation\/coordinators\/cause-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause code assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <em>cause code<\/em> provides useful summary information on the cause of the injury or illness when data is analyzed for trends. Worker&#8217;s Compensation Coordinators should use the code associated with the cause that BEST describes the cause of the injury, illness, or exposure. One method to do this is to follow the flowchart below. 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