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                             A B R E V I A T I O N S


       Some phrases have been shortened to fit in the allocated space.  At times
       the words 'of','the', and 'a' have been dropped.  Spaces have occasionally
       been removed, especially around commas.

       Please refer to Volume 1 of the ICD-10 manuals for the complete and exact phrase.

       Common abbreviations used (but not necessarily all of them are:

       abnorm    abnormal                         med      medical
       acc       accident                         medi     medicaments
       acces     accessory                        misadven misadventure
       admin     administered\administration      mult     mulitple
       analges   analgesia                        MV       motor vehicle
       assoc     associated                       NB       newborn
       amniot    amniotic                         NEC      not elsewhere classified
       attrib    attributable                     neo      neoplasm
       ATV       all-terrian vehicle              nox      noxious
       behav     behavior                         occ      occupant
       childb    childbirth                       orig     originating
       cognit    cognition                        oth      other
       coll      collision                        phys     physical
       compl     complicating\complicated         poison   poisoning
       cond      condition                        poss     possible
       cong      congenital                       preg     prenancy
       cns       central nervous system           prep     preparation
       def       defined                          prog     progressive
       defct     defective                        puerp    puerperium
       del       delivery                         refract  refraction
       develop   development                      rel      related
       diag      diagnostic\diagnosis             resp     respiratory
       dispro    disproportion                    retard   retardation
       disturb   disturbance                      sequel   sequelae
       ds        disorder                         spec     specific\specified
       d/t       due to                           subst    substance
       dz        disease                          surg     surgical\surgery
       eff       effects                          synd     syndrome
       exc       except                           sys      system
       expos     exposure                         temp     temperature
       ext       external                         tis      tissue
       gest      gestational                      undet    undetermined
       HIV       Human immunodeficiency virus     unilat   unilateral
       immuno    immunoglobulin(emia)             unk      unknown
       infect    infection                        unrel    unrelated
       intent    intentional                      unspec   unspecified
       involv    involving\involvement            veh      vehicle
       lab       laboratory                       w/       with
       mal       malignant                        w/o      without
       malform   malformation
 




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