O04.9Dagger codeAsterisk codeF
Medical abortion, complete or unspecified, without complication
Medical abortion
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- GuidelinesManagement of Termination of Pregnancy at Primary Health Care Level: Gestation up to 12 Weeks and 0 DaysGeneral measures Medicine treatment Referral O04.9 GENERAL MEASURES Confirm pregnancy with urine pregnancy test. Determine gestational age with ultrasound. If ultrasound is unavailable, use dates (LMP) and bimanual (pelvic) examination. If unsure of dates, or examination disagrees with dates, or uterus palpable abdominally, or the woman is obese or difficult to examine, arrange pre-procedure ultr
- GuidelinesMiscarriageSilent miscarriage or early fetal death Incomplete miscarriage in the first trimester Midtrimester miscarriage (from 13-22 weeks gestation) Septic miscarriage Trophoblastic neoplasia Both manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) and medical evacuation are equally effective for miscarriage. However, MVA is preferred in the follow settings: anaemia haemodynamic instability second trimester miscarriage SILENT
- GuidelinesTermination of Pregnancy (TOP)Summary of Choice of Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1996 TOP: Management of pregnancies up to the twelfth week of gestation (12 weeks and 0 days) TOP: From the thirteenth week (12 weeks and 1 day) up to the the twentieth week (20 weeks and 0 days) Referral Early ultrasound examination is more accurate than last normal menstrual period at determining gestational age and is also useful in identify