Cumulative Official WHO Updates to ICD 10 - 1996 - 2001

Code to malignant neoplasm of colon (C18.9). Circulatory insufficiency, selected by the General Principle, is ignored (Rule A Senility and other ill-defined conditions) and arterial embolism is selected as the originating cause. Arterial embolism can be considered a direct consequence of malignant neoplasm of colon (a wasting condition). ................
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