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  2. List of ICD-9 codes 280–289: diseases of the blood and blood ...

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    284.9 Aplastic anemia unspecified; 285 Other and unspecified anemias. 285.0 Sideroblastic anemia; 285.1 Acute posthemorrhagic anemia; 285.2 Anemia in chronic illness. 285.21 Anemia in chronic kidney disease; 285.22 Anemia in neoplastic disease; 285.29 Anemia of other chronic illness; 285.3 Antineoplastic chemotherapy induced anemia; 285.8 Other ...

  3. Acute myeloid leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cell production. [1]

  4. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Wikipedia

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    [15] [4] In the United States it is the most common cause of cancer and death from cancer among children. [2] Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is notable for being the first disseminated cancer to be cured. [16] Survival for children increased from under 10% in the 1960s to 90% in 2015. [2] Survival rates remain lower for babies (50%) [17] and ...

  5. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

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    An anemia is a decrease in number of red blood cells (RBCs) or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. [2] [3] However, it can include decreased oxygen-binding ability of each hemoglobin molecule due to deformity or lack in numerical development as in some other types of hemoglobin deficiency.

  6. Leukemia - Wikipedia

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    This represents about 3% of the almost seven million deaths due to cancer that year, and about 0.35% of all deaths from any cause. [79] Of the sixteen separate sites the body compared, leukemia was the 12th most common class of neoplastic disease and the 11th most common cause of cancer-related death. [ 79 ]

  7. ICD-10 - Wikipedia

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    ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]

  8. Packed red blood cells - Wikipedia

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    In adults, blood transfusion is typically recommended when hemoglobin levels are below 70 g/L (7 g/dL) in those who have stable vital signs, unless they have anemia due to a haematinic deficiency. Transfusing at a restrictive haemoglobin threshold of between 70 g/L to 80 g/L (7 to 8g/dL) decreased the proportion of people given a red blood cell ...

  9. Chronic myelogenous leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells.It is a form of leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of myeloid cells in the bone marrow and the accumulation of these cells in the blood.