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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC [1]) is the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults and is currently the most common cause of death in people with cirrhosis. [2] HCC is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. [3]
A nursing care component is defined as a cluster of elements that represents a unique pattern of clinical care nursing practice; namely, Health Behavioral, Functional, Physiological, and Psychological. Nursing Diagnoses: A clinical judgment about the healthcare consumer's response to actual or potential health conditions or needs.
In health care, diagnosis codes are used as a tool to group and identify diseases, disorders, symptoms, poisonings, adverse effects of drugs and chemicals, injuries and other reasons for patient encounters. Diagnostic coding is the translation of written descriptions of diseases, illnesses and injuries into codes from a particular classification.
The Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC) are formed by dividing all possible principal diagnoses (from ICD-9-CM) into 25 mutually exclusive diagnosis areas.MDC codes, like diagnosis-related group (DRG) codes, are primarily a claims and administrative data element unique to the United States medical care reimbursement system.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a globally used medical classification used in epidemiology, health management and for clinical purposes.The ICD is maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO), which is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations System. [1]
Types of coding systems specific to health care include: Diagnostic codes. Are used to determine diseases, disorders, and symptoms; Can be used to measure morbidity and mortality; Examples: ICD-9-CM, ICD-10, ICD-11 [1] Procedural codes. They are numbers or alphanumeric codes used to identify specific health interventions taken by medical ...
V49 Other conditions influencing health status; v50–v59 Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and aftercare V50 Elective surgery for purposes other than remedying health states; V51 Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery; V52 Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic device; V53 Fitting and adjustment of other device
Given that HCC is the most-common type of liver cancer, the areas around the world with the most new cases of HCC each year are Northern and Western Africa as well as Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. [43] China has 50% of HCC cases globally, and more than 80% of total cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa or in East-Asia due to hepatitis B virus.