The main term used in the alphabetical index to locate a code for the residual condition is Sequela also known as late effects.
Sequela is a chronic condition that is produced after a previous traumatic wrist injury. Also, a sequel code can be used at any time, that is, it is limitless. The residual condition may be obvious very early or it can occur after some years or later after the acute phase of the illness may have been terminated.
<h2>Further Explanation</h2>
For a proper understanding of what sequala means – when a person has an injury or falls sick with a disease and there is still a problem after the disease is gone, the problem is what is known as late effect or sequala.
If an individual has a scar on their body due to a burn, the scar that is left would be a sequela.
If a person has dysphagia after a stroke, the dysphagia would be a sequala, therefore, a sequala is a problem that is left after a person is cured of a disease or after the disease is gone.
Sequala is not due to medical treatment or complications that may arise from surgery. It is a condition that someone is left with after a disease is gone. It is not an acute condition neither is it a symptom.
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KEYWORDS:
- alphabetic index
- traumatic osteoarthritis
- code
- wrist
- injury
