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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Septic pulmonary embolism is an uncommon disease in which septic thrombi are mobilised from an infectious nidus and transported in the vascular system of the lungs. It is usually associated with cardiac valve vegetation, septic thrombophlebitis or infected venous catheters. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead == | ||