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Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes...
Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. Injury may also refer to injured feelings or reputation rather than injuries to the body. A severe and perhaps life-threatening injury is called a physical trauma.
Following is a list of injuries:
- Bruise is a hemorrhage under the skin caused by contusion.
- Wound: cuts and grazes are injuries to or through the skin, that cause bleeding (i.e., a laceration).
- Burns are injuries caused by excess heat, chemical exposure, or sometimes cold (frostbite).
- Fractures are injuries to bones.
- Joint dislocation is a displacement of a bone from its normal joint, such as a dislocated shoulder or finger.
- Concussion is mild traumatic brain injury caused by a blow, without any penetration into the skull or brain.
- Sprain is an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by a sudden over stretching; a strain injures muscles.
- Shock is a serious medical condition where the tissues cannot obtain sufficient for oxygen and nutrients.
- Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery.
Serious bodily injury is any injury or injuries to the body that substantially risks death of the victim.
This category includes articles that refer to Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, such as:
- Injuries to the head Injuries to the neck Injuries to the thorax Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine and pelvis;
- Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm Injuries to the elbow and forearm Injuries to the wrist and hand Injuries to the hip and thigh;
- Injuries to the knee and lower leg Injuries to the ankle and foot;
- Injuries involving multiple body regions;
- Injuries to unspecified part of trunk, limb or body region;
- Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice;
- Burns and corrosions;
- Burns and corrosions of external body surface, specified by site;
- Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs;
- Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regions;
- Frostbite Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances;
- Toxic effects of substances chiefly non-medicinal as to source;
- Other and unspecified effects of external causes;
- Certain early complications of trauma;
- Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified;
- Sequelae of injuries, of poisoning and of other consequences of external causes.
A comprehensive list of related to articles that refer to injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, may be found at ICD-10 Chapter 19 Block S00-T98. ~
ARTICLES: Injury, Poison, Burns & Corrosions, Surgical and Medical Errors, Toxisity, etc.
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