accidental falls

Preferred Label : accidental falls;

MeSH definition : Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.;

MeSH synonym : falls, accidental; accidental fall; fall, accidental; Falls; Falling;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Falling (accident);

MeSH Hyperonym : Slip and Fall; Fall and Slip;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with specific inj (IM) if pertinent;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling (accident);

Details

Origin ID

D000058;

UMLS CUI

C0000921;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ACCIDENTAL FALLS [ICD-9 code]
- Accidental fall (event) [SNOMED CT concept]
- COLLAPSE TRANSIENT [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Chute, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Drop [NCIt concept]
- Engaged in falling (event) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fall, CTCAE [NCIt concept]
- No Fall [ICNP subject]
- No Fall [ICNP diagnostic]
- No falling event (situation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Physical Shift [NCIt concept]
- Repeated falls [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Shunt (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Surgical fistula (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Unintentional fall [Bloc CIM-11]
- Unspecified fall [ICD-10 category (who)]
- contusion, nos [DRC Consultation result]
- engaged in falling, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- type of fall [ICPS Descriptor]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- falls [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- Slip and Fall [MeSH concept]
- accidental falls [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Injury or Poisoning [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- ACCIDENTAL FALLS [ICD-9 code]
- Accidental fall (event) [SNOMED CT concept]

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