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ICD-10
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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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A80-A89
A80.3
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Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unspecified
Acute poliomyelitis
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Guidelines
Poliomyelitis (Acute Flaccid Paralysis)
Description Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Referral ICD-10 code: A80.3 *Notifiable condition Also see: Inflammatory Polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barré Syndrome). DESCRIPTION Poliomyelitis is eradicated in South Africa. Most cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) are caused by Guillain-Barré Syndrome, but all cases of AFP must be notified as the clinical signs are indistingu