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  2. List of ICD-9 codes E and V codes: external causes of injury ...

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    E831.9 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to unspecified person; E832 Other accidental submersion or drowning in water transport accident; E833 Fall on stairs or ladders in water transport; E834 Other fall from one level to another in water transport; E835 Other and unspecified fall in water transport; E836 Machinery accident in water ...

  3. Ptosis (eyelid) - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical ptosis can also occur due to scarring tissue restricting the patient's eyelid excursion or weighing down the patient's lid. [9] Another mechanism is the disturbance of the oculomotor nerve causing the levator palpebrae to weaken, resulting in the eyelid drooping.

  4. Pathologic fracture - Wikipedia

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    A pathologic fracture is a bone fracture caused by weakness of the bone structure that leads to decrease mechanical resistance to normal mechanical loads. [1] This process is most commonly due to osteoporosis, but may also be due to other pathologies such as cancer, infection (such as osteomyelitis), inherited bone disorders, or a bone cyst.

  5. International Classification of Diseases - Wikipedia

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    National adaptations of the ICD-10 progressed to incorporate both clinical code (ICD-10-CM) and procedure code (ICD-10-PCS) with the revisions completed in 2003. In 2009, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it would begin using ICD-10 on April 1, 2010, with full compliance by all involved parties by 2013. [19]

  6. Major trauma - Wikipedia

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    Major trauma sometimes is classified by body area; injuries affecting 40% are polytrauma, 30% head injuries, 20% chest trauma, 10%, abdominal trauma, and 2%, extremity trauma. [4] [6] Various scales exist to provide a quantifiable metric to measure the severity of injuries. The value may be used for triaging a patient or for statistical analysis.

  7. Falling (accident) - Wikipedia

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    Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower position, often on the ground. It is the second-leading cause of accidental death worldwide and a major cause of personal injury, especially for the elderly. [4]

  8. Vertebral compression fracture - Wikipedia

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    A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra.It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture).This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta, lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors, [1] or infection. [2]

  9. Dysphagia - Wikipedia

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    Dysphagia may manifest as the result of autonomic nervous system pathologies including stroke [23] and ALS, [24] or due to rapid iatrogenic correction of an electrolyte imbalance. [25] In older adults, presbyphagia - the normal healthy changes in swallowing associated with age - should be considered as an alternative explanation for symptoms. [26]