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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]
Uveitis is estimated to be responsible for approximately 10%-20% of the blindness in the United States. [36] For non-infectious uveitis, women are more likely (57%) to be affected than men, possibly due to their higher prevalence of related autoimmune diseases. [37] Vitamin D deficiency and smoking are risk factors for non-infectious uveitis. [37]
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 ...
Infectious mononucleosis; Influenza; Cytomegalic inclusion disease; Pharyngoconjunctival fever (adenovirus 3) Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (adenovirus 8) Human immunodeficiency virus (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) Ebola [1] Rift Valley Fever [2] Dengue [3] Hantavirus [4
Conjunctivitis is the most common eye disease. [45] Rates of disease is related to the underlying cause which varies by the age as well as the time of year. Acute conjunctivitis is most frequently found in infants, school-age children and the elderly. [18] The most common cause of infectious conjunctivitis is viral conjunctivitis. [26]
There is no difference in age for predilection or incidence of concretions, due to the causes of conjunctivitis, aging, and even congenital factor. For statistical purposes Conjunctival Concretion is classified under the World Health Organization's ICD-10 category of H11.129 [1] and the ICD-11 category of 9A61.6. [2]
Herpetic simplex keratitis is a form of keratitis caused by recurrent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the cornea. [1]It begins with infection of epithelial cells on the surface of the eye and retrograde infection of nerves serving the cornea. [2]
Severe disease is rare in people who are otherwise healthy. [10] Adenovirus infection accounts for up to 10% of respiratory infections in children. [10] Most cases are mild and by the age of 10-years, most children have had at least one adenovirus infection. [2] 75% of conjunctivitis cases are due to adenovirus infection. [13]