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In the United States, response codes are used to describe a mode of response for an emergency unit responding to a call. They generally vary but often have three basic tiers: Code 3: Respond to the call using lights and sirens. Code 2: Respond to the call with emergency lights, but without sirens. Alternatively, sirens may be used if necessary ...
E827.0 Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring pedestrian; E827.2 Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring rider of animal; E827.3 Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring occupant of animal drawn vehicle; E827.4 Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring occupant of streetcar; E827.8 Animal-drawn vehicle accident injuring other specified person
Diagnostic coding is the translation of written descriptions of diseases, illnesses and injuries into codes from a particular classification. In medical classification, diagnosis codes are used as part of the clinical coding process alongside intervention codes. Both diagnosis and intervention codes are assigned by a health professional trained ...
Major Diagnostic Category. 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 ...
M289 truck, missile launcher, 5-ton 6 x 6 (G744), Honest John (note – for vehicle mounted rocket launchers see List of U.S. Army rocket launchers) M291 truck, van, expandable, 5-ton, 6 × 6 (G744) – M39 series 5-ton 6×6 truck
OBD-II PIDs (On-board diagnostics Parameter IDs) are codes used to request data from a vehicle, used as a diagnostic tool.. SAE standard J1979 defines many OBD-II PIDs. All on-road vehicles and trucks sold in North America are required to support a subset of these codes, primarily for state mandated emissions inspections.
The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level emergency department triage algorithm, initially developed in 1998 by emergency physicians Richard Wurez and David Eitel. [ 1] It was previously maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) but is currently maintained by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA).
The ICD-10 Clinical Modification ( ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [ 1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [ 2] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization. In 2015, ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM as the federally ...