Specific codes in ICD-10 are unique alphanumeric designations used to identify and categorize diseases, disorders, and conditions. They consist of 3-5 characters, including both letters and numbers, that provide a high level of detail and specificity.
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
English
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Somnolence |
French
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Somnolence |
| Level | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XVIII | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | |
| 2 | R40-R46 | Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour | |
| 3 | R40 | Somnolence, stupor and coma | |
| 4 | R40.0 | Somnolence |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Chlormethiazole |
Clomethiazole has sedative, muscle relaxant and anticonvulsant properties. It is used for hypnosis in elderly and institutionalised patients, for preanaesthetic sedation and especially in the management of withdrawal from ethanol. |
