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External causes of morbidity and mortality
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X20-X29
X22.99
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Contact with scorpions, unspecified place, during unspecified activity
Contact with scorpions
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Guidelines
Scorpion Envenomation
Description General measures Medicine treatment T63.2 + (X22.99/W59.99) DESCRIPTION Medically important scorpions in Southern Africa are of the genus Parabuthus ( P. granulatus and P. transvaalicus ). These are large scorpions measuring 7–15 cm in length. Features useful in their identification are a relatively large tail and small pincers, so-called thick-tailed scorpions. Scorpions from the Sco