Complications affecting specified body system not elsewhere classified (997)
ICD-9 code 997 for Complications affecting specified body system not elsewhere classified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -COMPLICATIONS OF SURGICAL AND MEDICAL CARE, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED (996-999).
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