An electrical injury, or electrical shock, is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.
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ICD-10 ChapterXIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Sources
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lectrical injury or electrical shock is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
3. Wikidata: Electrical Injury
WikidataWikidata 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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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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