ICD-10-CM Problem (with) (related to) References

Applicable Clinical Terms Definitions

Child: A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.

Ear: The hearing and equilibrium system of the body. It consists of three parts: the EXTERNAL EAR, the MIDDLE EAR, and the INNER EAR. Sound waves are transmitted through this organ where vibration is transduced to nerve signals that pass through the ACOUSTIC NERVE to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The inner ear also contains the vestibular organ that maintains equilibrium by transducing signals to the VESTIBULAR NERVE.

Education: Acquisition of knowledge as a result of instruction in a formal course of study.

Employment: The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary.

Eye: The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.

Family: A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.

Hearing: The ability or act of sensing and transducing ACOUSTIC STIMULATION to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. It is also called audition.

Housing: Living facilities for humans.

Literacy: Ability to read and write.

Mastication: The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.

Personality: Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.

Smell: The ability to detect scents or odors, such as the function of OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS.

Speech: Communication through a system of conventional vocal symbols.

Taste: The ability to detect chemicals through gustatory receptors in the mouth, including those on the TONGUE; the PALATE; the PHARYNX; and the EPIGLOTTIS.