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Emergency medicine, Infectious disease. A needlestick injury is the penetration of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object that has been in contact with blood, tissue or other body fluids before the exposure. [1] Even though the acute physiological effects of a needlestick injury are generally negligible, these injuries can lead ...
About 22% of adult population, 3.5–10% of general population may temporarily lose consciousness around the time of a needle procedure. Fear of needles, known in medical literature as needle phobia, is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles . It is occasionally referred to as aichmophobia, although ...
Acute stress reaction ( ASR, also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock [a]) and acute stress disorder ( ASD) is a psychological response to a terrifying, traumatic or surprising experience. Combat stress reaction (CSR) is a similar response to the trauma of war. The reactions may include but are not limited to intrusive ...
Snakebite. A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake. [9] A common sign of a bite from a venomous snake is the presence of two puncture wounds from the animal's fangs. [1] Sometimes venom injection from the bite may occur. [3] This may result in redness, swelling, and severe pain at the area, which may ...
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.
Closed-head injury is a type of traumatic brain injury in which the skull and dura mater remain intact. Closed-head injuries are the leading cause of death in children under 4 years old and the most common cause of physical disability and cognitive impairment in young people. [1] [2] Overall, closed-head injuries and other forms of mild ...
Open wound of lower limb (890–897) 890 Open wound of hip and thigh. 891 Open wound of knee, leg (except thigh), and ankle. 892 Open wound of foot except toe (s) alone. 893 Open wound of toe (s) 894 Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb. 895 Traumatic amputation of toe (s) 896 Traumatic amputation of foot.
The ICD-10 Clinical Modification ( ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [2] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization. In 2015, ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM as the federally ...