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Chapter XX
Complications of medical and surgical care - Y40-Y84
Includes:
- complications of medical devices
- correct drug properly administered in therapeutic or prophylactic dosage as the cause of any adverse effect
- misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
- surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure
Excludes:
- accidental overdose of drug or wrong drug given or taken in error ( X40-X44 )
- Y40-Y59 Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use
- Y60-Y69 Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
- Y70-Y82 Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
- Y83-Y84 Surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure
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