murbina20
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Patient came in with irritation to pharynx after being sprayed with pepper spray final dx is irritation resolved exposure to pepper spray?
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Wiki Pepper spray exposure
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salCCS
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I would use Poisoning followed by symptom and E code indicating if accident or legal intervention.
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989.89
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