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national institutes of health stroke scale

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The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, or NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), is a tool used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke and aid planning post-acute care disposition, though was intended to assess differences in interventions in clinical trials. The NIHSS was designed for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (rt-PA) for Acute Stroke Trial and was first published by neurologist Dr...
Related Codes (39)
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R29.7National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score
R29.706NIHSS score 6
R29.70NIHSS score 0-9
R29.700NIHSS score 0
R29.701NIHSS score 1
R29.702NIHSS score 2
R29.703NIHSS score 3
R29.704NIHSS score 4
R29.705NIHSS score 5
R29.707NIHSS score 7

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