• Document etiology when known or suspected: Infectious, Non-infectious

• If infectious, document organism when known or suspected

• If non-infectious, document cause, such as:

  • Radiation or drug induced, specify drug when known
  • Allergic or food hypersensitivity, specify food when known

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