DIFF Subgroup
A61B 17/132 Tourniquets
Introduced: January 1995
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Surgical instruments, devices or methods > for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord > Tourniquets
CPC:
Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) > for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord > Tourniquets
Of 2 combined children, 1 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 1995.
Child Classifications
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