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Runner's toe, tennis toe, skier's toe: Subungal haematoma of the fourth finger: Specialty: Internal medicine, Podiatry: Symptoms: Discoloration of nail, pain: Risk factors: Poorly fitting foot wear, overtraining particularly hiking and running: Treatment: Usually unmerited, blood drainage or nail removal in serious cases: Prognosis: Usually ...
913 Superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist; 914 Superficial injury of hand(s) except finger(s) alone; 915 Superficial injury of finger(s) 916 Superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle; 917 Superficial injury of foot and toe(s) 918 Superficial injury of eye and adnexa; 919 Superficial injury of other, multiple, and unspecified sites
Gamekeeper's thumb and skier's thumb are two similar conditions, both of which involve insufficiency of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb. The chief difference between these two conditions is that skier's thumb is generally considered to be an acute condition acquired after a fall or similar abduction injury to the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of the thumb, whereas gamekeeper ...
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.
ICD-9 chapters; Chapter Block Title I 001–139: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases II 140–239: Neoplasms III 240–279: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders
This is a shortened version of the thirteenth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue. It covers ICD codes 710 to 739. The full chapter can be found on pages 395 to 415 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
Infectious tenosynovitis in 2.5% to 9.4% of all hand infections. Kanavel's cardinal signs are used to diagnose infectious tenosynovitis. They are: tenderness to touch along the flexor aspect of the finger, fusiform enlargement of the affected finger, the finger being held in slight flexion at rest, and severe pain with passive extension.
Pain: Pain can be nociceptive, neuropathic, or inflammatory, each of which can provide clues to the cause of a wound. [25] Proper pain control is an important consideration in wound management, particularly in burn care where analgesia is often necessary prior to dressing changes. A thorough wound evaluation, particularly evaluation of wound ...