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Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified; Air embolism
Air embolism to any site following infusion, perfusion, or transfusion
Excludes: embolism specified as:
complicating: abortion (634-638) with .6, (639.6), ectopic or molar pregnancy (639.6), pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium (673.0)
due to implanted device (996.7)
traumatic (958.0)
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