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Soft Tissue Injuries

Medical Definition:	Injuries of tissue other than bone. The concept is usually general and does not customarily refer to internal organs or viscera. It is meaningful with reference to regions or organs where soft tissue (muscle, fat, skin) should be differentiated from bones or bone tissue, as "soft tissue injuries of the hand".
Guide Notes:	IM GEN or unspecified; coord NIM with specific organ or region /inj (IM); DF: SOFT TISSUE INJ
Previously Indexed:	specific organ/injuries (1966-1993),specific region/injuries (1966-1993),specific tissue/injuries (1966-1993)

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