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Fractures, Closed

Medical Definition: Fractures in which the break in bone is not accompanied by an external wound.
Guide Notes: fract not causing an open wound; IM; coord with precoord organ/fract term (IM), as "closed fract of tibia" = FRACTURES, CLOSED (IM) + TIBIAL FRACTURES (IM); if no precoord organ/fract term is available, coord IM with organ /inj (IM), as "closed fract of f
Also Called: Fractures, Occult

Fractures, Closed Medical Definitions and Terms

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