Loss of limbs

Date: June 2000

Definition:

Permanent physical severance of two or more limbs from above the wrist or ankle joint.

 

Date: January 2000

Definition:

Previously called Severance of Limbs, now called Loss of Limbs: The permanent loss of two or more limbs by severance above the ankle or above the wrist.

No change since July 1999.

 

Definition update history:

Loss of limbs November 2003

Loss of limbs March 2003

Loss of limbs December 2002

Loss of limbs September 2002

Loss of limbs April 2002

Loss of limbs July 2001

Loss of limbs March 2001

Loss of limbs June 2000

Loss of limbs January 2000

Loss of limbs July 1999