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Hand and wrist injuries are reported to account for fifteen to twenty percent of emergency room injuries, and metacarpal fractures represent a significant number of those injuries. Hand injuries of this sort are most prevalent among fifteen- to thirty-five-year-old males, and the fifth metacarpal is the one most commonly affected.
Coexisting injuries can affect treatment of facial trauma; for example they may be emergent and need to be treated before facial injuries. [12] People with trauma above the level of the collar bones are considered to be at high risk for cervical spine injuries (spinal injuries in the neck) and special precautions must be taken to avoid movement ...
E831.6 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to dockers, stevedores; E831.7 Accident to watercraft causing other injury, occupant of military watercraft, any type; E831.8 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to other specified person; E831.9 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to unspecified person
OSICS has been found to be more applicable to sports injury coding than the ICD. [27] Most classification of disease has a focus on conditions that present to hospital and/or cause major morbidity or death, whereas in sports medicine there is a focus on conditions (injury and illnesses) that stop an athlete from being able to compete.
For example, this is the knuckles of the middle finger and index finger, the ridge of the hand, the base of the palm, and the edge of the elbow during karate arm strikes, or the crescent/blade, heel and ball of the foot and point and the edge of the knee in Tae Kwon Do leg strikes. Focus helps in achieving proper penetration and in maximizing ...
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913 Superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist; 914 Superficial injury of hand(s) except finger(s) alone; 915 Superficial injury of finger(s) 916 Superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle; 917 Superficial injury of foot and toe(s) 918 Superficial injury of eye and adnexa; 919 Superficial injury of other, multiple, and unspecified sites