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Descriptor
English
:
Catastrophic Illness
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad Catastrófica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença Catastrófica
Tree Number:
C23.550.291.250
Definition
English
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An acute or prolonged illness usually considered to be life-threatening or with the threat of serious residual disability. Treatment may be radical and is frequently costly.
Indexing Annotation
English
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usually GEN & IM; if a specific catastrophic illiness, coord NIM with specific dis (IM)
See Related
English
:
Insurance, Major Medical
History Note
English
:
82
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
classification
economics
epidemiology
mortality
nursing
psychology
rehabilitation
therapy
Record Number:
28562
Unique Identifier:
D002388
Occurrence in VHL
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