Medical Aid - Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs)
All Medical Schemes are mandated as per the Medical Schemes Act to adhere to the list below. The 270 Diagnosis and Treatment Pairs and the list of Chronic Conditions covered are reviewed from time to time by all stakeholders.
Diagnosis and Treatment Pairs constituting the Prescribed Minimum Benefits Package under Section 29(1)(o) of the Medical Schemes Act (as listed in Annexure A of the Act)
Please find the the specific PMBs and Chronic Conditions below, listed by Organ-System chapter.
Brain and Nervous System
CODE: |
906A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE GENERALISED PARALYSIS, INCLUDING POLIO AND GUILLAIN-BARRE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION AND PLASMAPHERESIS |
CODE: |
341A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BASAL GANGLIA, EXTRA-PYRAMIDAL DISORDERS; OTHER DYSTONIAS NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
INITIAL DIAGNOSIS; INITIATION OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
950A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BENIGN AND MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOURS, TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
49A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
COMPOUND/DEPRESSED FRACTURES OF SKULL |
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TREATMENT: |
CRANIOTOMY/CRANIECTOMY |
CODE: |
213A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING, EATING, SWALLOWING, BOWEL, OR BLADDER CONTROL DUE TO NON-PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL (INCLUDING SPINAL) CONDITION OR INJURY |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
83A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ENCEPHALOCELE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS |
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TREATMENT: |
SHUNT; SURGERY |
CODE: |
902A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
EPILEPSY (STATUS EPILEPTICUS, INITIAL DIAGNOSIS, CANDIDATE FOR NEUROSURGERY) |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION; NEUROSURGERY |
CODE: |
211A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
INTRASP1NAL AND INTRACRANIAL ABSCESS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
905A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MENINGITIS - ACUTE AND SUBACUTE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
513A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEURO-MYOPATHIES NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
INITIAL DIAGNOSIS; INITIATION OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; THERAPY FOR ACUTE COMPLICATIONS AND EXACERBATIONS |
CODE: |
510A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY WITH OPEN WOUND |
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TREATMENT: |
NEUROPLASTY |
CODE: |
940A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
REVERSIBLE CNS ABNORMALITIES DUE TO OTHER SYSTEMIC DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
1A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SEVERE/MODERATE HEAD INJURY: HEMATOMA/EDEMA WiTH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
MA |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SPINA BIFIDA |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
941A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION, ISHAEMIA OR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
STROKE - DUE TO HAEMORRHAGE, OR ISCHAEMIA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY |
CODE: |
28A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SUBARACHNOID AND INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE/HEMATOMA; COMPRESSION OF BRAIN |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
305A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TETANUS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
265A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TRANSIENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; LIFE-THREATENING CEREBROVASCULAR CONDITIONS NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
EVALUATION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY |
CODE: |
109A |
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DAGNOSIS: |
VERTEBRAL DISLOCATIONS/FRACTURES, OPEN OR CLOSED WITH INJURY TO SPINAL CORD |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR/RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; INPATIENT REHABILITATION UP TO 2 MONTHS |
CODE: |
684A |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
VIRAL MENINGITIS, ENCEPHAUTIS, MYELITIS AND ENCEPHALOMYELITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
47B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE ORBITAL CELLULITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
394B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA |
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TREATMENT: |
IRIDECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
586B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BELL'S PALSY; EXPOSURE KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
TARSORRHAPHY; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
950B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF EYE & ORBIT - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
901 B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CATARACT; APHAKIA |
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TREATMENT: |
EXTRACTION OF CATARACT; LENS IMPLANT |
CODE: |
911B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CORNEAL ULCER; SUPERFICIAL INJURY OF EYE AND ADNEXA |
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TREATMENT: |
CONJUNCTIVAL FLAP; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
4058 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH DISORDERS OF THE LENS |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
386B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HERPES ZOSTER & HERPES SIMPLEX WITH OPHTHALMIC COMPLICATIONS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
389B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HYPHEMA |
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TREATMENT: |
REMOVAL OF BLOOD CLOT; OBSERVATION |
CODE: |
4858 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
INFLAMMATION OF LACRIMAL PASSAGES |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
909B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OPEN WOUND OF EYEBALL AND OTHER EYE STRUCTURES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
407B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PRIMARY AND OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA WITH FAILED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
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TREATMENT: |
TRABECULECTOMY; OTHER SURGERY |
CODE: |
4198 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PURULENT ENDOPHTHALMITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
VITRECTOMY |
CODE: |
922B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RETAINED INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
904B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RETINAL DETACHMENT, TEAR AND OTHER RETINAL DISORDERS |
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TREATMENT: |
VITRECTOMY; LASER TREATMENT; OTHER SURGERY |
CODE: |
906B |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION; CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION |
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TREATMENT: |
LASER SURGERY |
CODE: |
4098 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SYMPATHETIC UVEITIS AND DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS AND CONDITIONS OF GLOBE; SIGHT THREATENING THYROID OPTOPATHY |
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TREATMENT: |
ENUCLEATION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY |
Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat
CODE: |
33C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE AND CHRONIC MASTOIDITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
482C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING MYRINGOTOMY |
CODE: |
900C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, INCLUDING CROUP, EPIGLOTTITIS AND ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; INTUBATION; TRACHEOSTOMY |
CODE: |
950C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF ORAL CAVITY, PHARYNX, NOSE, EAR, AND LARYNX - TREATABLE. |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
241C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCRUM ORIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
38C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CHOANAL ATRESIA |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR OF CHOANAL ATRESIA |
CODE: |
133C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CHOLESTEATOMA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
910C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CHRONIC UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, RESULTING IN CORPULMONALE |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CLEFT PALATE AND/OR CLEFT LIP WITHOUT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR |
CODE: |
12C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DEEP OPEN WOUND OF NECK, INCLUDING LARYNX; FRACTURE OF LARYNX OR TRACHEA, OPEN |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
346C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
EPISTAXIS - NOT RESPONSIVE TO ANTERIOR PACKING |
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TREATMENT: |
CAUIERY / REPAIR / CONTROL HEMORRHAGE |
CODE: |
521C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
FOREIGN BODY IN EAR & NOSE |
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TREATMENT: |
REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY; AND MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
29C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
FOREIGN BODY IN PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHUS & ESOPHAGUS |
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TREATMENT: |
REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY |
CODE: |
339C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
FRACTURE OF FACE BONES, ORBIT, JAW; INJURY TO OPTIC AND OTHER CRANIAL NERVES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
219C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LEUKOPLAKIA OF ORAL MUCOSA, INCLUDING TONGUE |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION/EXCISION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT. |
CODE: |
132C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES OF PHARYNX NOS, INCLUDING RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
457C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OPEN WOUND OF EAR-DRUM |
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TREATMENT: |
TYMPANOPLASTY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
240C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF ABSCESS; TONSILLECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
347C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SIALOADENITIS; ABSCESS / FISTULA OF SALIVARY GLANDS |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGERY |
CODE: |
543C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
STOMATITIS, CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF ORAL SOFT TISSUE; VINCENTS ANGINA |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION AND DRAINAGE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
Respiratory System
CODE: |
903D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BACTERIAL, VIRAL, FUNGAL PNEUMONIA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, VENTILATION. |
CODE: |
158D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
# RESPIRATORY FAILURE, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
# MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; OXYGEN; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
157D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE ASTHMATIC AUACK; PNEUMONIA DUE TO RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS IN PERSONS UNDER AGE 3 |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
125D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; INHALATION AND ASPIRATION PNEUMONIAS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
315D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ATELECTASIS (COLLAPSE OF LUNG) |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
MOD |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BENIGN NEOPLASM OF RESPIRATORY AND INTRATHORACIC ORGANS |
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TREATMENT: |
BIOPSY; LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
950D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF LUNG, BRONCHUS, PLEURA, TRACHEA, MEDIASTINUM & OTHER RESPIRATORY ORGANS -TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
1 7OD |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
EMPYEMA AND ABSCESS OF LUNG |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
934D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
FRANK HAEMOPTYISIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
2O3D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HYPOPLASIA AND DYSPLASIA OF LUNG |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
900D |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OPEN FRACTURE OF RIBS AND STERNUM; MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES; FLAIL CHEST |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, VENTILATION |
CODE: |
SD |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PNEUMOTHORAX AND HAEMOTHORAX. |
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TREATMENT: |
TUBE THORACOSTOMY / THORACOTOMY |
Heart and Vasculature
CODE: |
155E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MYOCARDITIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME. |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; CARDIAC TRANSPLANT |
CODE: |
108E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PERICARDITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
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CODE: |
907E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, INCLUDING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND UNSTABLE ANGINA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES |
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CODE: |
284E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE PULMONARY HEART DISEASE AND PULMONARY EMBOLI |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
35E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
908E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANEURYSM OF MAJOR ARTERY OF CHEST, ABDOMENI NECK, -UNRUPTURED OR RUPTURED NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
26E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ARTERIAL EMBOLISM/THROMBOSIS: ABDOMINAL AORTA, THORAC1C AORTA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
204E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CARDIAC FAILURE: ACUTE OR RECENT DETERIORATION OF CHRONIC CARDIAC FAILURE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICALTREATMENT |
CODE: |
98E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
COMPLETE, CORRECTED AND OTHER TRANSPOSTION OF GREAT VESSELS |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR |
CODE: |
97E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY |
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TREATMENT: |
ANOMALOUS CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION |
CODE: |
309E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF AORTIC VALVE NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT |
CODE: |
210E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISEASES OF ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOCARDITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
314E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISEASES OF MITRAL VALVE |
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TREATMENT: |
VALVULOPLASTY; VALVE REPLACEMENT; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
902E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISORDERS OF ARTERIES: VISCERAL |
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TREATMENT: |
BYPASS GRAFT; SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
18E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISSECTING OR RUPTURED AORTIC ANEURYSM |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
915E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
GANGRENE; SEVERE ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS WITH PERIPHERAL CIRCULATORY DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT INCLUDING AMPUTATION |
CODE: |
294E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
GIANT CELL ARTERITIS, KAWASAKI DISEASE, HYPERSENSITIVITY ANGIITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
450E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA |
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TREATMENT: |
EXCISION |
CODE: |
901E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HYPERTENSION - ACUTE LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS AND MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS AND OTHER CURABLE HYPERTENSION |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
111E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
INJURY TO MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS - TRUNK, HEAD AND NECK, AND UPPER LIMBS |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR |
CODE: |
19E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
INJURY TO MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS OF EXTREMITIES |
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TREATMENT: |
LIGATION |
CODE: |
903E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, PACEMAKERS, CARDIOVERSION |
CODE: |
900E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS OF ELECTIVE CARDIAC AND MAJOR VASCULAR PROCEDURES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
497E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MULTIPLE VALVULAR DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
355E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OTHER ANEURYSM OF ARTERY - PERIPHERAL |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
905E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OTHER CORRECTABLE CONGENITAL CARDIAC CONDITIONS |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL REPA!R; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
100E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; AORTIC PULMONARY FISTULA - PERSISTENT |
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TREATMENT: |
LIGATION |
CODE: |
209E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PHLEBITIS & THROMBOPHLEBITIS, DEEP |
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TREATMENT: |
LIGATION AND DIVISION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
914E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RHEUMATIC PERICARDITIS; RHEUMATIC MYOCARDITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
16E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RUPTURE OF PAP1LLARY MUSCLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
627E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SHOCK / HYPOTENSION - LIFE THREATENING |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
99E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (TOF) |
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TREATMENT: |
TOTAL REPAIR TETRALOGY |
CODE: |
93E |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT - PERSISTENT |
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TREATMENT: |
CLOSURE |
Gastro-Intestinal System
CODE: |
920F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANAL FISSURE; ANAL FISTULA |
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TREATMENT: |
FISSURECTOMY; FISTULECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
41F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ABSCESS OF INTESTINE |
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TREATMENT: |
DRAIN ABSCESS; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
489F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACQUIRED HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS AND OTHER DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
254F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING COLON RESECTION |
CODE: |
124F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE |
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TREATMENT: |
COLECTOMY |
CODE: |
337F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
AMOEBIASIS; TYPHOID |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
264F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANAL AND RECTAL POLYP |
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TREATMENT: |
EXCISION OF POLYP |
CODE: |
9F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
APPENDICITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
APPENDECTOMY |
CODE: |
952F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF RETROPERITONEUM, PERITONEUM, OMENTUM & MESENTERY - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
950C |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT INCLUDING OESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, BOWEL, RECTUM, ANUS - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
9SF |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF UPPER ALIMENTARY TRACT - EXCLUDING TONGUE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
214F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE |
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TREATMENT: |
DILATION; SURGERY |
CODE: |
S16F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL SHUNT; SCLEROTHERAPY |
CODE: |
9O2F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
GASTRIC OR INTESTINAL ULCERS WITH HEMORRHAGE OR PERFORATION |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
GASTROENTERITIS AND COLITIS WITH LIFE-THREATENING HAEMORRHAGE OR DEHYDRATION, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
6F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION AND/OR GANGRENE; UNCOMPLICATED HERNIAS UNDER AGE 18 |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR; BOWEL RESECTION |
CODE: |
20F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT MENTION OF HERNIA; SYMPTOMATIC FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH, INTESTINES, COLON & RECTUM |
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TREATMENT: |
EXCISION; SURGERY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
232F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PARALYTIC 1LEUS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
498F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PERITONEAL ADHESION |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
3F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PERITONITIS, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
555F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RECTAL PROLAPSE |
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TREATMENT: |
PARTIAL COLECTOMY |
CODE: |
292F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
REGIONAL ENTERITIS; IDIOPATHIC PROCTOCOLITIS - ACUTE EXACCERBATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS ONLY |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
900F |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
RUPURE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL ORGAN |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR; SPLENECTOMY; RESECTION |
CODE: |
5OYF |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
THROMBOSED AND COMPLICATED HEMORRHOIDS |
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TREATMENT: |
HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; INCISION |
Liver, Pancreas and Spleen
CODE: |
32SG |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
327G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE PANCREATITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
36G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME, AND OTHER VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
THROMBECTOMY/LIGATION |
CODE: |
910G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CALCULUS OF BILE DUCT WITH CHOLECYSTITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; OTHER OPEN OR CLOSED SURGERY |
CODE: |
950G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF LIVER, BILIARY SYSTEM AND PANCREAS - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
255G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CYST AND PSEUDOCYST OF PANCREAS |
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TREATMENT: |
DRAINAGE OF PANCREATIC CYST |
CODE: |
156G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISORDERS OF BILE DUCT |
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TREATMENT: |
EXCISION; REPAIR |
CODE: |
910G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
GALLSTONE WITH CHOLECYSTITIS AND/OR JAUNDICE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; OTHER OPEN OR CLOSED SURGERY |
CODE: |
743G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HEPATORENAL SYNDROME |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENTS |
CODE: |
27G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIVER ABSCESS; PANCREATIC ABSCESS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
911G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIVER FAILURE; HEPATIC VASCULAR OBSTRUCTION; INBORN ERRORS OF LIVER METABOLISM; BILIARY ATRESIA |
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TREATMENT: |
LIVER TRANSPLANT, OTHER SURGERY, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
231G |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
SHUNT |
Musculoskeletal System: Trauma Nos
CODE: |
353H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ABSCESS OF BURSA OR TENDON |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION AND DRAINAGE |
CODE: |
32H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
950H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF BONES - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
206H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION & DRAINAGE |
CODE: |
902H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CLOSED FRACTURES/DISLOCATIONS OF LIMB BONES / EPIPHYSES - EXCLUDING FINGERS AND TOES |
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TREATMENT: |
REDUCTION/RELOCATION |
CODE: |
85H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF HIP; COXA VARA & VALGA; CONGENITAL CLUBFOOT |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR/RECONSTRUCTION |
CODE: |
147H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CRUSH INJURIES OF TRUNK, UPPER LIMBS, LOWER LIMB, INCLUDING BLOOD VESSELS |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION; ACUTE RENAL DIALYSIS |
CODE: |
491H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISLOCATIONS/FRACTURES OF VERTEBRAL COLUMN WITHOUT SPINAL CORD INJURY |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL STABILISATION |
CODE: |
500H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISRUPTIONS OF THE ACHILLES / QUADRICEPS TENDONS |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR |
CODE: |
178H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
FRACTURE OF HIP |
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TREATMENT: |
REDUCTION; HIP REPLACEMENT |
CODE: |
445H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
INJURY TO INTERNAL ORGANS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
900H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OPEN FRACTURE/DISLOCATION OF BONES OR JOINTS |
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TREATMENT: |
REDUCTION/RELOCATION; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
34H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PYOGENIC ARTHRITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901H |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION OF LIMBS, HANDS, FEET, AND DIGITS |
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TREATMENT: |
REPLANTATION/AMPUTATION |
Skin and Breast
CODE: |
465J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE LYMPHADENITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION AND DRAINAGE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
900J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BURNS, GREATER THAN 10% OF BODY SURFACE, OR MORE THAN 5% INVOLVING HEAD, NECK, HANDS, PERINEUM |
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TREATMENT: |
DEBRIDEMENT; FREE SKIN GRAFT; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
950J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF BREAST - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
954J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF SKIN, EXCLUDING MALIGNANT MELANOMA - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
IF HISTOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY. |
CODE: |
952J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF SOFT TISSUE, INCLUDING SARCOMAS AND MALIGNANCIES OF THE ADNEXA -TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
349J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CELLULITIS AND ABSCESSES WITH RISK OF ORGAN OR LIMB DAMAGE OR SEPTICEMIA IF UNTREATED; NECROTISING FASCIITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISSEMINATED BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE, INCLUDING PEMPHIGUS, PEMPHIGOID, EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, EPIDERMOLYTIC HYPERKERATOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
951J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LETHAL MIDLINE GRANULOMA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
953J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF SKIN TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY. |
CODE: |
373J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
NON-SUPERFICIAL OPEN WOUNDS - NON LIFE-THREATENING |
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TREATMENT: |
REPAIR |
CODE: |
356J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
PYODERMA; BODY, DEEP-SEATED FUNGAL INFECTIONS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT~ |
CODE: |
112J |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
Endocrine, Metabolic and Nutritional
CODE: |
331K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE THYROIDITIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
951K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMOURS OF PITUITARY GLAND WITH/WITHOUT HYPERSECRETION SYNDROMES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
30K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BENIGN NEOPLASM OF ISLETS OF LANGERHANS |
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TREATMENT: |
EXCISION OF TUMOR; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
950K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, EXCLUDING THYROID - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
952K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF THYROID- TREATABLE; CARCINOID SYNDROME |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INLCUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
61K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
902K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISORDERS OF:..ADRENAL SECRETION NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; ADRENALECTOMY |
CODE: |
447K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DISORDERS OF PARATHYROID GLAND; BENIGN NEOPLASM OF PARATHYROID GLAND |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
904K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HYPER AND HYPOTHYROIDISM WITH LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS OR REQUIRING SURGERY |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY |
CODE: |
31K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
236K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
IRON DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN AND OTHER NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES - LIFETHREATENING |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF CARBOHYDRATE, LIPID, PROTEIN AND AMINO ACID METABOLISM |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
903K |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING DISORDERS OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
Urinary and Male Genital System
CODE: |
354L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ABSCESS OF PROSTATE |
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TREATMENT: |
TURP; DRAIN ABSCESS |
CODE: |
904L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE AND CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; RENAL & PERINEPHRIC ABSCESS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
903L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
954L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF PENIS AND OTHER MALE GENITAL ORGAN - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
953L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF PROSTATE GLAND - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
950L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF TESTIS - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
952L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF URINARY SYSTEM INCLUDING KIDNEY AND BLADDER - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
906L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF URINARY SYSTEM - SYMPTOMATIC AND LIFE-THREATENING |
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TREATMENT: |
NEPHRECTOMY/REPAIR |
CODE: |
901L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
END STAGE RENAL DISEASE REGARDLESS OF CAUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
DIALYSIS & RENAL TRANSPLANT WHERE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CRITERIA ARE MET ONLY (SEE CRITERIA PUBLISHED IN GPS 004-9001) |
CODE: |
900L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HYPERPLAS1A OF THE PROSTATE, WITH ACUTE UR1NARY RETENTION OR OBSTRUCTIVE RENAL FAILURE |
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TREATMENT: |
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
905L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
OBSTRUCTION OF THE UROGENITAL TRACT, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
CATHETERIZATION; SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTING |
|
AGENT: |
LITHOTRIPSY |
CODE: |
436L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TORSION OF TESTIS |
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TREATMENT: |
ORCHIDECTOMY; REPAIR |
CODE: |
43L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TRAUMA TO THE URINARY SYSTEM INCLUDING RUPTURED BLADDER |
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TREATMENT: |
CYSTORRHAPHY;SUTURE; REPAIR |
CODE: |
289L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
URETERAL FISTULA (INTESTINAL) |
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TREATMENT: |
NEPHROSTOMY |
CODE: |
359L |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
VESICOURETERAL REFLUX |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; REPLANTATION |
Female Reproductive System
CODE: |
539M |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ABSCESSES OF BARTHOLIN'S GLAND AND VULVA |
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TREATMENT: |
INCISION AND DRAINAGE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
288M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
954M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF CERVIX - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
952M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF OVARY - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
950M |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF UTERUS - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
953M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF VAGINA, VULVA AND OTHER FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS NOS - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
960M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING |
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TREATMENT: |
CERVICAL SMEARS; PERIODIC BREAST EXAMINATION |
CODE: |
645M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
CANCER OF CERVIX - TREATABLE |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
266M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
DYSPLASIA OF CERVIX AND CERVICAL CARCINOMA-IN-SITU; CERVICAL CONDYLOMATA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
53M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY |
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TREATMENT: |
SURGERY |
CODE: |
460M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
FISTULA INVOLVING FEMALE GENITAL TRACT |
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TREATMENT: |
CLOSURE OF FISTULA |
CODE: |
951M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA |
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TREATMENT: |
D & C; HYSTERECTOMY; CHEMOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
902M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
INFERTILITY |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
528M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
MENOPAUSAL MANAGEMENT, ANOMALIES OF OVARIES, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMENORRHOEA, FEMALE SEX HORMONES ABNORMALITIES NOS, INCLUDING HIRSUTISM. |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT,INCLUDING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY |
CODE: |
4MM |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
NON-INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS AND BENIGN NEOPLASMS OF OVARY, FALLOPIAN TUBES AND UTERUS |
|
TREATMENT: |
SALPINGECTOMY; OOPHORECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
237M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
SEXUAL ABUSE, INCLUDING RAPE |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY |
CODE: |
903M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
SPONTANEOUS ABORTION |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
435M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
TORSION OF OVARY |
|
TREATMENT: |
OOPHORECTOMY; OVARIAN CYSTECTOMY |
CODE: |
530M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE |
|
TREATMENT: |
SURGICAL REPAIR |
CODE: |
296M |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY |
|
TREATMENT: |
INDUCED ABORTION; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
Pregnancy and Childbirth
CODE: |
67N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
# LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (UNDER 1000g) WITH RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES |
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TREATMENT: |
# MEDICAL MANAGEMENT NOT INCLUDING VENTILATION |
CODE: |
967N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
# LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (UNDER 2500 GRAMS &> 1000g) WITH RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING VENTILATION; INTENSIVE CARE THERAPY |
CODE: |
71N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
BIRTH TRAUMA FOR BABY |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY |
CODE: |
901N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
CONGENITAL SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS AFFECTING THE NEWBORN |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, VENTILATION |
CODE: |
904N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF THE NEWBORN |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
54N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
NECROTIZ1NG ENTEROCOLITIS IN NEWBORN |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
74N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
NEONATAL AND INFANT GIT ABNORMALITIES AND DISORDERS, INCLUDING MALROTATION AND ATRESIA |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
902N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
NEONATAL ENDOCRINE, METABLIC AND TOXIN-INDUCED CONDITIONS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
903N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
NEUROLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES IN THE NEWBORN |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
52N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
PREGNANCY |
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TREATMENT: |
ANTENATAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE NECESSITATING HOSPITALISATION, INCLUDING DELIVERY |
CODE: |
56N |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS OF NEWBORN |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
Haematological, Infectious and Miscellaneous Systemic Conditions
CODE: |
505 |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
SYPHILIS - CQNGENITAL, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
|
TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
168S |
|
DIAGNOSIS: |
# HIV-INFECTION |
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TREATMENT: |
# HIV VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING CO-TRIMOXAZOLE AS PREVENTIVE THERAPY SCREENING AND PREVENTIVE THERAPY FOR TB. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PALLIATIVE CARE. TREATMENT OF COMMON OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS. PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV. POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS FOLLOWING SEXUAL ASSAULT. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND MEDICATION, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS IS PROVIDED FOR IN ESTABLISHED NATIONAL GUIDELINES APPLICABLE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES ARE SET OUT IN THE OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIV AND AIDS CARE, MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA; AND THE NATIONAL ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES. BOTH DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL: NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH). |
CODE: |
260S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
# IMMINENT DEATH REGARDLESS OF DIAGNOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
# COMFORT CARE; PAIN RELIEF; HYDRATION |
CODE: |
113S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACQUIRED HAEMOLYT1C ANAEMIAS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
901S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND CHRONIC LEUKEMIAS |
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TREATMENT: |
TREATMENT: MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
2778 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS - LIFE THREATENING |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN |
CODE: |
488 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION |
CODE: |
9008 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
APLASTIC ANEMIA; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; OTHER LIFE-THREATENING HERIDITARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES |
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TREATMENT: |
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
197S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BOTULISM |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
338S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CHOLERA; RAT-BITE FEVER |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
1968 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
9168 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
COAGULATION DEFECTS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
2468 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
CYSTICERCOSIS; OTHER SYSTEMIC CESTODE INFECTION |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
903S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DEEP-SEATED (EXCLUDING NAIL INFECTIONS), DISSEMINATED AND SYSTEMIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY |
CODE: |
44S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ERYSIPELAS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
179S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA; ANGIONEUROTIC ADEMA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL THERAPY |
CODE: |
174S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HEREDITARY HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIAS (EG. SICKLE CELL); DYSERYTHROPOIETIC ANEMIA (CONGENITAL) |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
201S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
HERPETIC ENCEPHALITIS; REYE'S SYNDROME |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
913S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
IMMUNE COMPROMISE NOS AND ASSOCIATED LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
9128 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LEPROSY AND OTHER SYSTEMIC MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
336S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LEPTOSPIROSIS; SPIROCHAETAL INFECTIONS NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
252S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING ANAEMIA NOS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; TRANSFUSION |
CODE: |
908S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING HYPO AND HYPERTHERMIA; LIGHTNING STRIKES] |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
9078 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
LIFE-THREATENING RICKETTSIAL AND OTHER ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
1728 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MALARIA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; OTHER LIFE-THREATENING PARASITIC DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
9048 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
METASTATIC INFECTIONS; SEPTICEMIA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
910S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND CHRONIC LEUKAEMIAS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY |
CODE: |
2478 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
POISONING BY INGESTION, INJECTION, AND NON-MEDICINAL AGENTS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
9118 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES WITH SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT NOT ELSWHERE SPECIFIED |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
1288 |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TETANUS; ANTHRAX; WHIPPLES DISEASE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
CODE: |
122S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
THALASSEMIA AND OTHER HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES - TREATABLE |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT |
CODE: |
316S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TOXIC EFFECT OF GASES, FUMES, AND VAPORS |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL THERAPY |
CODE: |
11S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TUBERCULOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
DIAGNOSIS AND ACUTE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER TO MAINTENANCE THERAPY IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOH GUIDELINES |
CODE: |
937S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TUMOUR OF INTERNAL ORGAN (EXCLUDES SKIN): UNKNOWN WHETHER BENIGN OR MALIGNANT |
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TREATMENT: |
BIOPSY |
CODE: |
15S |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
WHOOPING COUGH, DIPTHERIA |
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TREATMENT: |
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT |
Mental Illness
CODE: |
182T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE ON PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE, INCLUDING ALCOHOL |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR |
CODE: |
901T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE DELUSIONAL MOOD, ANXIETY, PERSONALITY, PERCEPTION DISORDERS AND ORGANIC MENTAL DISORDER CAUSED BY DRUGS; |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS |
CODE: |
910T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER ACCOMPANIED BY RECENT SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA, INCLUDING PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL ADMISSION FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY COUNSELLING UP TO 3 DAYS, OR UP TO 12 OUTPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY / COUNSELLING CONTACTS |
CODE: |
910T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION DELIRIUM |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS LEADING TO REHABILITATION |
CODE: |
908T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR OR MINIMUM OF 15 OUTPATIENT CONTACTS PER YEAR |
CODE: |
903T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, IRRESPECTIVE OF CAUSE |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS OR UP TO 6 OUTPATIENT CONTACTS |
CODE: |
184T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
BRIEF REACTIVE PSYCHOSIS |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR |
CODE: |
910T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
DELIRIUM: AMPHETAMINE, COCAINE, OR OTHER PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS |
CODE: |
902T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, INCLUDING UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSION |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKSLYEAR (INCLUDING INPATIENT ELECTRO-CONVULSIVE THERAPY AND INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY) OR OUTPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY OF UP TO 15 CONTACTS |
CODE: |
907T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
SCHIZOPHRENIC AND PARANOID DELUSIONAL DISORDERS |
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TREATMENT: |
HOSPITAL-BASED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR |
CODE: |
909T |
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DIAGNOSIS: |
TREATABLE DEMENTIA |
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TREATMENT: |
ADMISSION FOR INITIAL DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS - UP TO I WEEK |
Explanatory notes and definitions to Annexure A
Interventions shall be deemed hospital-based where they require:
- An overnight stay in hospital.
or
- The use of an operating theatre together with the administration of a general or regional anaesthetic.
or
- The application of other diagnostic or surgical procedures that carry a significant risk of death, and consequently require on-site resuscitation and/or surgical facilities.
or
- The use of equipment, medications or medical professionals not generally found outside of hospitals.
2) Where the treatment component of a category in Annexure A is stated in general terms (i.e. "medical management" or "surgical management", it should be interpreted as referring to prevailing hospital-based medical or surgical diagnostic and treatment practice for the specified condition. Where significant differences exist between Public and Private sector practices, the interpretation of the Prescribed Minimum Benefits should follow the predominant Public Hospital practice, as outlined in the relevant provincial or national public hospital clinical protocols, where these exist. Where clinical protocols do not exist, disputes should be settled by consultation with provincial health authorities to ascertain prevailing practice. The following interventions shall however be excluded from the generic medical / surgical management categories unless otherwise specified:
i) Tumour chemotherapy
ii) Tumour radiotherapy
iii) Bone marrow transplantation / rescue
iv) Mechanical ventilation
v) Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
vi) Organ transplantation
vii) Treatments, drugs or devices not yet registered by the relevant authority in the Republic of South Africa
2A) In respect of treatments denoted as "medical management" or "surgical management," note (2) above describes the standard of treatment required, namely "prevailing hospital-based medical or surgical diagnostic and treatment practice for the specified condition." Note (2) does not restrict the setting in which the relevant care should be provided, and should not be construed as preventing the delivery of any prescribed minimum benefit on an outpatient basis or in a setting other than a hospital, where this is clinically most appropriate.
3) "Treatable" cancers. In general, solid organ malignant tumours (excluding lymphomas) will be regarded as treatable where:
i) they involve only the organ of origin, and have not spread to adjacent organs
ii) there is no evidence of distant metastatic spread
iii) they have not, by means of compression, infarction, or other means, brought about irreversible and irreparable damage to the organ within which they originated (for example brain stem compression caused by a cerebral tumour) or another vital organ
iv) or, if points i. to iii. do not apply, there is a well demonstrated five year survival rate of greater than 10% for the given therapy for the condition concerned
4) Tumour chemotherapy with or without bone marrow transplantation and other indications for bone marrow transplantation.
These are included in the prescribed minimum benefits package only where Annexure A explicitly mentions such interventions. Management may include a first full course of chemotherapy (including, if indicated, induction, consolidation and myeloablative components). Where specified in terms of Annexure A, this may be followed by bone marrow transplantation/rescue, according to tumour type and prevailing practice. The following conditions would also apply to the bone marrow transplantation component of the prescribed minimum benefits:
i) the patient should be under 60 years of age
ii) allogeneic bone marrow transplantation should only be considered where there is an HLA matched family donor
iii) the patient should not have relapsed after a previous full course of chemotherapy
iv) (points i. and ii. shall also apply to bone marrow transplantation for non-malignant diseases)
5) Solid organ transplants. The prescribed minimum benefits Annexure includes solid organ transplants (liver, kidney and heart) only where these are provided by Public hospitals in accordance with Public sector protocols and subject to public sector waiting lists.
6) In certain cases, specified categories shall take precedence over others present. Such "overriding" categories are preceded by the sign "#" in their descriptions within Annexure A. For éxample, where someone is suffering from pneumonia and HIV, because the HIV category (168S) is an overriding category, the entitlements guaranteed by the 'pneumonia' category (903D) are overridden.
7) Hospital treatment where the diagnosis is uncertain and/or admission for diagnostic purposes. Urgent admission may be required where a diagnosis has not yet been made. Certain categories of prescribed minimum benefits are described in terms of presenting symptoms, rather than diagnosis, and in these cases, inclusion within the prescribed minimum benefits may be assumed without a definitive diagnosis. In other cases, clinical evidence should be regarded as sufficient where this suggests the existence of a diagnosis that is included within the package. Medical schemes may, however, require confirmatory evidence of this diagnosis within a reasonable period of time, and where they consistently encounter difficulties with particular providers or provider networks, such problems should be brought to the attention of the Council for Medical Schemes for resolution.
8) NOS - not otherwise specified
9) In respect of Code 902M (Diagnosis: Infertility), 'medical and surgical management' shall be limited to the following procedures or interventions :
a) hysterosalpingogram
b) the following blood tests:
i) Day 3 FSH/LH
ii) Oestradiol
iii) Thyroid function (TSH)
iv) Prolactin
v) Rubella
vi) HIV
vii) VDRL
viii) Chlamydia
ix) Day 21 Progesterone
c) laparoscopy
d) hysteroscopy
e) surgery (uterus and tubal)
f) manipulation of ovulation defects and
g) deficiencies
h) semen analysis (volume; count; mobility;
i) morphology; MAR-test)
j) basic counseling and advice on sexual
k) behaviour, temperature charts etc.
l) treatment of local infections.
Chronic Conditions
DIAGNOSES:
· Addison's Disease
· Asthma
· Bipolar Mood Disorder
· Bronchiectasis
· Cardiac Failure
· Cardiomyopathy
· Chronic Renal Disease
· Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
· Coronary Artery Disease
· Crohn's Disease
· Diabetes Insipidus
· Diabetes Mellitus Types 1 & 2
· Dysrhythrnias
· Epilepsy
· Glaucoma
· Haemophilia
· Hyperlipidaemia
· Hypertension
· Hypothyroidism
· Multiple Sclerosis
· Parkinson's Disease
· Rheumatoid Arthritis
· Schizophrenia
· Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
· Ulcerative Colitis
TREATMENT: DIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND MEDICATION, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS IS PROVIDED FOR BY WAY OF A THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR THE SPECIFIED CONDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE MINISTER BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE.

