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ERRORS IN TERMINOLOGY 247
Waldenström's disease23512911Osteochondritis of capital epiphysis of femur
Wardrop's disease173100Onychia
Wegener's disease402931Essential polyangiitis
Wegner's disease2. . . 2147.5Osteochondritis with separation of epiphysis due to syphilis
Welch's disease461147Syphilitic aortitis
Werner's disease014797Progeria
White's disease111097Keratosis follicularis
Widal-Abrami disease5019x0Normocytic anemia, cause unknown
Wilkie's disease4614021Displacement of abdominal aorta, prolapse
Wilks's disease110123Tuberculosis luposa
Wilson's disease110966Dermatitis exfoliativa
Wishart's syndrome9108453Neurofibromatosis of meningeal and of
9808453Perineural tissue
Witt's disease501736.XAnemia, hypochromic microcytic, due to insufficient intake, absorption, or metabolism of iron
Wyatt's disease930997Tuberous sclerosis

List of Terms to be Avoided
The following list includes nonacceptable terms which have been referred to the authors for assistance in classification and coding. Not any of these should ever be recorded as a diagnosis on a patient's chart. No attempt is made here to list cross references to acceptable terms as these terms should immediately be referred back to the clinician for statement of diagnosis.
Abdominal adipose
Acute abdomen
Abdominal hernia
Adrenal crisis
Aborted lochia
Anterior chest-wall syndrome
Abortion emesis
Apoplexy
Abortus fever
Appendiceal colic

Figure 2.4b
The problem of controlled vocabulary: this list shows terms in common use to
be avoided in favor of more technical medical terms.

 
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