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  2. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - Wikipedia

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    DISH most commonly affects the elderly, especially 6th to 7th decades. The estimated frequency in the elderly is ~10% – 20%, with a slight male predominance. The exact cause is unknown. Mechanical, dietary factors and use of some medications (e.g. isotretinoin, etretinate, acitretin and other vitamin A derivatives) [9] may be of significance ...

  3. Osteochondrodysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Guidelines have been developed for the management different aspects of skeletal dysplasia, [31] including best practices for managing craniofacial [5] and spinal manifestations, [5] diagnosis and management of type II collagen disorders, [22] pregnancy of people with skeletal dysplasia, [28] peri-operative management, [29] and foramen magnum ...

  4. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    DJD Degenerative joint disease: DLB Dementia with Lewy bodies: DM Diabetes mellitus: DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy: DP Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) DPT Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus: DRSP disease Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease DS Down syndrome: DSPS

  5. ICD-10-CM - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. International Classification of Diseases - Wikipedia

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    ICD-10-CA is a clinical modification of ICD-10 developed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information for morbidity classification in Canada. ICD-10-CA applies beyond acute hospital care, and includes conditions and situations that are not diseases but represent risk factors to health, such as occupational and environmental factors ...

  7. Confronting ICD-10, the Health Care Industry's Y2K - AOL

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    Back in 1999, the media wildly speculated that Y2K -- a computer bug caused by data only being dated with the last two digits of the year -- would cause communication grids to collapse, airplanes ...

  8. Medical classification - Wikipedia

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    SNOMED CT and ICD are used directly by healthcare providers during the process of care, [32] in addition, ICD can be also used for coding after the episode of care, in lower technology environments. SNOMED CT has multiple hierarchy, whereas there is single primary hierarchy for ICD-11 with alternative multiple hierarchies.

  9. US manufacturers predict growth in 2025 after prolonged slump

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    Manufacturing, which accounts for 10.3% of the economy, was battered by the Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary policy tightening between March 2022 and July 2023 to tame inflation.