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Table 1 Abdominal aorta injury description using ICD9, ICD10 and AIS90.

From: A review of injury epidemiology in the UK and Europe: some methodological considerations in constructing rates

Lexicon

Injury description

Code3

ICD-9

Abdominal Aorta Injury

902.0

ICD-10

Injury of abdominal aorta

S35.0

AIS90

Aorta, Abdominal NFS (not further specified)

520299.4

 

   intimal tear, no disruption

520202.4

 

   laceration (perforation, puncture) NFS

520204.4

 

   minor1

520206.4

 

   major2

520208.5

  1. 1superficial, incomplete transection; incomplete circumferential involvement; blood loss ≤ 20% by volume
  2. 2 rupture, incomplete transection; segmental loss; complete circumferential involvement; blood loss ≥ 20% by volume
  3. 3 in italics the AIS score that allows computation of injury severity score
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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