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Infection

Related Terms

  • Cellulitis Wound Infection
  • Septicemia
  • Wound Infection

Specialists

  • Infectious Disease Internist
  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pathologist

Comorbid Conditions

  • Chemotherapy
  • Diabetes
  • Hematologic disorder
  • Immune system disorders
  • Systemic conditions of lung, heart, genitourinary tract, liver, kidney, or gastrointestinal tracts

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Factors Influencing Duration

The length of disability is based on the type and severity of the infection, any underlying disease or complications, and the individual's response to treatment.

Medical Codes

ICD-9-CM:
136 - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Other and Unspecified
136.2 - Specific Infections by Free-living Amebae; Meningoencephalitis Due to Naegleria
136.4 - Psorospermiasis
136.5 - Sarcosporidiosis; Infection by Sarcocystis lindemanni
136.8 - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Other Specified; Candiru Infestation
136.9 - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Unspecified; Infectious Disease NOS; Parasitic Disease NOS
487 - Influenza

Differential Diagnoses

Source: Medical Disability Advisor


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