ICD-8 was used in the Federal Republic of Germany and the former German Democratic Republic from 1968 to 1978 as the basis for mortality statistics. In the former German Democratic Republic, it also served as the basis for morbidity encoding.

In addition to the online version of the Tabular List of three-character categories of ICD-8 (Ost), the Tabular List of three-character categories of ICD-8 (Ost) as well as the complete Tabular List of inclusions and four-character categories and the Alphabetical Index of ICD-8 (West) are available for download. These are scanned files - i.e. image files - and not files that can be edited with a text processing programme. Please note the size of the download files.

• ICD-8 (Ost) Tabular List of three-character categories (DAS) online (in German language)
• ICD-8 (Ost) Tabular List (in German language): Downloads - ICD-9 und früher - ICD-8 (Ost)
• ICD-8 (West) Tabular List and Alphabetical Index (in German language): Downloads - ICD-9 und früher - ICD-8 (West)