The objective of the present study was to formulate the principles of coding and identification of the primary cause of death from the diseases induced by the human immunodeficiency virus in accordance with the 10th edition of the international classification of diseases (ICD-10) taking into consideration the official amendments introduced by WHO.  The rules of formulation of medical death certificates and peculiarities of formulation of forensic medical diagnoses in the cases of death from the diseases induced by the human immunodeficiency virus are considered. The authors emphasize the importance to observe these rules in order to ensure obtaining the statistically significant information about the mortality caused by HIV infection.