Should the spleen need to be removed surgically (splenectomy), the risk of certain infections increases, and the patient will need to make certain that their immunizations are up to date, especially against pneumococcus, meningococcus and haemophilus influenzae.
The Uniform Task Based Management System (UTBMS) is a series of codes used to classify the legal services performed by a law firm in an electronic invoice submission. The codes are broken out into time codes, activity codes, and expense codes.
Code Sets. Medical codes are used for encoding data, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnosis codes, or medical procedure codes. Codes are used for statistical and medical billing purposes. Three code sets are primarily used in healthcare: 1  ICD-9, ICD-10 in 2015.