Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.
Synonyms: Injuries, Surgical, Surgical Injuries, Intraoperative Complications, Surgical Injury, Complication, Peroperative, Intraoperative Complication, Peroperative Complications, Complication, Intraoperative, Complications, Intraoperative, Complications, Peroperative, Injury, Surgical, Peroperative Complication
Instance information
80 ,few qualif apply; IM; coord with Cat E4 term (IM) if pertinent with or without /adv eff depending on its relation to the intraop compl: for policy apply principles of POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, Manual 23.18+; for iatrogenic compl (as entry term SURGICAL INJURIES) or other: TN 179
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