For the following questions, use an ICD-9-CM code book and select the appropriate code(s) for the diagnostic statements given
Tony Black presents to the ER because of severe vomiting due to chemotherapy that was completed five hours ago. He is diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is given IV medications to control the vomiting. After three hours the vomiting is controlled and the patient insists on being discharged home.
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