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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

Prognosis

Infections can usually be controlled by appropriate antibiotic therapy but can be fatal. Complications increase the risk of disability and death. The very young and the elderly are at increased risk of complications from infections. If the individual is immunocompromised, recovery is slower with an increased risk of death due to the underlying disease.

Some infections are incurable and may become chronic and controlled to a variable degree.

Source: Medical Disability Advisor






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