Best Medical Coding In Trivandrum

                         A36.9  Diphtheria unspecified Diphtheria is an acute toxin-mediated systemic disease caused by the bacterium  Corynebacterium diphtheriae . Infection remains localised to the throat or skin but disease is mainly due to local inflammation and/or systemic toxaemia. Pharyngeal diphtheria presents with a membranous inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, which may be extensive enough to cause laryngeal obstruction. Damage to other organs including the myocardium, nervous system and kidneys, caused by the organism’s exotoxin, may complicate pharyngeal or cutaneous diphtheria. 43 Non-toxigenic  C. diphtheriae  usually causes mild throat or skin infection, which is occasionally complicated by invasive disease including endocarditis or arthritis.  Corynebacterium ulcerans , a bacterium found in cattle and more recently in cats, can also express diphtheria toxin and cause a zoo...

                      A48.3 Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxic shock syndrome is a rare, life-threatening complication of certain types of bacterial infections. Often toxic shock syndrome results from toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria, but the condition may also be caused by toxins produced by group A streptococcus (strep) bacteria. Toxic shock syndrome is a rare but serious medical condition caused by a bacterial infection. It is caused when the bacterium  Staphylococcus aureus  gets into the bloodstream and produces toxins.Although toxic shock syndrome has been linked to superabsorbent tampon use in menstruating women, this condition can affect men, children, and people of all ages. Toxic shock syndrome can affect anyone, including men, children and postmenopausal women. Risk factors for toxic shock syndrome include skin wounds, surgery, and the use of tampons and other devices, such as menstrual cups, c...

                                  A52.11   Tabes dorsalis Tabes dorsalis is  a slow degeneration of the nerve cells and nerve fibers  that carry sensory information to the brain. The degenerating nerves are in the dorsal columns of the spinal cord (the portion closest to the back of the body) and carry information that help maintain a person's sense of position. Tabes dorsalis, one of two manifestations of late neurosyphilis, is a slowly progressive parenchymatous degenerative disease of the dorsal column and dorsal root of the spinal cord as a result of infection with Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum, one of three subspecies of Treponema pallidum that can cause sexually transmitted diseases in humans. Tabes generally occurs in the late tertiary stage of syphilis, but early involvement is reported. It may be accompanied by meningitis or meningomyelitis. Although CSF invasion...

                              A52.02  Syphilitic aortitis Syphilitic aortitis is  inflammation of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection . SA begins as inflammation of the outermost layer of the blood vessel, including the blood vessels that supply the aorta itself with blood, the vasa vasorum. Aortitis is one of the many possibilities of lesion caused by tertiary syphilis. Between all the cardiovascular lesions, the aorta's injury is the most common. We report a case of a 48-year-old patient diagnosed with syphilitic aortitis who had undergone surgery for the replacement of the aortic root and aortic valve. The diagnosis hypothesis was pondered because of the in situ aspect of the arterial damage. Although the rarity of the disease, it persists. Syphilis is an infectious disease transmitted mainly through sexual intercourse and that can have several presentations at various...