Catalog

Difficult intubation

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Difficult intubation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1034591128

A difficult intubation occurrs once in a while, mostly due to patient's physiognomy (e.g. marked obesity, or retrognathy) or related to certain disesases in the orofacial region such as abscesses, trauma, or tumor.