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Electrical Injury

Injury, Poisoning and External Causes

An electrical injury, or electrical shock, is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.

Facts
Classification
Body System
Integumentary System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
XIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 2
Communicable or Non-communicable
Non-Communicable 3
Transmission Route
Non-Transmissible 3
Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XIX
Quote, List of chapters, Chapter XIX
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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3. Wikidata: Electrical Injury
Wikidata
  • Wikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable)
    Subclass of: major trauma
  • Wikidata P279 (disease-category: non-communicable), transmission-route inferred non-transmissible
    Subclass of: major trauma
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Wikipedia: Electrical injury
Wikipedia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_injury, lead section
    An electrical injury (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.
  • Lead section, transmission-route statement
    An electrical injury (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.
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