Retreatment
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The therapy of the same disease in a patient, with the same agent or procedure repeated after initial treatment, or with an additional or alternate measure or follow-up. It does not include therapy which requires more than one administration of a therapeutic agent or regimen. Retreatment is often used with reference to a different modality when the original one was inadequate, harmful, or unsuccessful. |
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NIM; coord with specific type of ther (IM) + specific disease /ther (or other ther qualif) (IM) |
Retreatment Definitions and Terms
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