In ICD-10-PCS, Abortion Is Defined as the Spontaneous Termination of a Pregnancy

question 75

True/False

In ICD-10-PCS, abortion is defined as the spontaneous termination of a pregnancy.

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Definitions:

Thalidomide

A drug prescribed for nausea in the 1950s and 1960s by European physicians that was found to cause limb deficiencies or malformations in infants.

Limb Deficiencies

A condition characterized by the absence or malformation of one or more limbs from birth, affecting mobility or the performance of daily activities.

Malformations

Physical deformities or irregularities in the body structure, often present from birth.

Diagnostic Overshadowing

The problem of attributing emotional and behavioural difficulties of people with intellectual disability to the developmental disorder, causing real psychiatric disorders to be missed. The fact is that such people can develop all types of psychiatric disorders, including less common ones.