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  2. Hemopneumothorax - Wikipedia

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    Hemopneumothorax, or haemopneumothorax, is the condition of having both air (pneumothorax) and blood in the chest cavity. A hemothorax, pneumothorax, or the combination of both can occur due to an injury to the lung or chest.

  3. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:Chest trauma - Wikipedia

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    Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes S00-S09 within Chapter XIX: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes should be included in this category. Chest trauma is an injury to the chest .

  5. Pulmonary laceration - Wikipedia

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    A pulmonary laceration can cause air to leak out of the lacerated lung [10] and into the pleural space, if the laceration goes through to it. [8] Pulmonary laceration invariably results in pneumothorax (due to torn airways), hemothorax (due to torn blood vessels), or a hemopneumothorax (with both blood and air in the chest cavity). [11]

  6. International Classification of Diseases - Wikipedia

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    Adoption of ICD-10-CM was slow in the United States. Since 1979, the US had required ICD-9-CM codes [11] for Medicare and Medicaid claims, and most of the rest of the American medical industry followed suit. On 1 January 1999 the ICD-10 (without clinical extensions) was adopted for reporting mortality, but ICD-9-CM was still used for morbidity ...

  7. Medical classification - Wikipedia

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    WHO Member states began using the ICD-10 classification system from 1994 for both morbidity and mortality reporting. The exception was the US, who only began using it for reporting mortality in 1999 whilst continuing to use ICD-9-CM for morbidity reporting. The US only adopted its version of ICD-10 in October 2015.

  8. Chest injury - Wikipedia

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    Chest injuries can be classified as blunt or penetrating.Blunt and penetrating injuries have different pathophysiologies and clinical courses.. Specific types of injuries include:

  9. Hemothorax - Wikipedia

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    Two chest X-rays: left showing a massive left-sided hemothorax; right showing a massive right hemothorax A chest X-ray is the most common technique used to diagnosis a hemothorax. [ 23 ] X-rays should ideally be taken in an upright position (an erect chest X-ray), but may be performed with the person lying on their back (supine) if an erect ...