Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of reasons for considering surgery
Should surgery or endoscopy be performed to remove the swallowed material?
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Purpose: To evaluate a patient who has swallowed something made of or containing lead.
Specialty: Gastroenterology, Pedatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery, general
Objective: clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, complications, complication detection
ICD-10: T56.0,
