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Antepartum haemorrhage (APH), prepartum haemorrhage. Specialty. Obstetrics. Antepartum bleeding, also known as antepartum haemorrhage (APH) or prepartum hemorrhage, is genital bleeding during pregnancy after the 28th week of pregnancy up to delivery. [1][2] It can be associated with reduced fetal birth weight. [3]
About 10% of cases are due to endometrial cancer. [35] Uterine fibroids are benign tumors made of muscle cells and other tissues located in and around the wall of the uterus . [ 36 ] Women with fibroids do not always have symptoms, but some experience vaginal bleeding between periods, pain during sex, and lower back pain.
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1 ] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
Contents. Abnormal uterine bleeding. Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), also known as atypical vaginal bleeding (AVB), is vaginal bleeding from the uterus that is abnormally frequent, lasts excessively long, is heavier than normal, or is irregular. [ 1 ][ 3 ] The term dysfunctional uterine bleeding was used when no underlying cause was present. [ 3 ]
Frequency. ~ 5% to 70% of women [8] Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an infection of the vagina caused by excessive growth of bacteria. [6][9] Common symptoms include increased vaginal discharge that often smells like fish. [2] The discharge is usually white or gray in color. [2] Burning with urination may occur. [2]
Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined as total menstrual flow >80ml per cycle, soaking a pad/tampon at least every 2 hours, changing a pad/tampon in the middle of the night, or bleeding lasting for >7 days. [3][1][9] Deviations in terms of frequency of menses, duration of menses, or volume of menses qualifies as abnormal uterine bleeding.
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.
Atrophic vaginitis develops in 10-50% of postmenopausal women. Of those who are postmenopausal and have developed atrophic vaginitis, 50-70% develop symptoms. [ 1 ] [ 22 ] Around 30% of women with atrophic vaginitis discuss their symptoms with their primary healthcare provider.