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The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology ( ICD-O) is a domain-specific extension of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for tumor diseases. This classification is widely used by cancer registries . It is currently in its third revision (ICD-O-3).
The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [1] Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. [1]
Acute erythrocyte leukemia. Other names. Di Guglielmo syndrome. Bone marrow smear from a case of erythroleukemia. Specialty. Hematology, oncology. Acute erythrocyte leukemia is a rare form of acute myeloid leukemia (less than 5% of AML cases [ 1]) where the myeloproliferation is of erythrocytic precursors. It is defined as type "M6" under the ...
Rare [ 1] A paraneoplastic syndrome is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) that is the consequence of a tumor in the body (usually a cancerous one). [ 1] It is specifically due to the production of chemical signaling molecules (such as hormones or cytokines) by tumor cells or by an immune response against the tumor. [ 2]
Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia) is a laboratory finding in which the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood) and/or hemoglobin concentration are increased in the blood. Polycythemia is sometimes called erythrocytosis, and there is significant overlap in the two findings, but the terms are not the same ...
ICD-10 coding number Diseases Database coding number Medical Subject Headings plasma cell leukemia: C90.1: D007952 Plasma cell leukemia (PCL), a lymphoproliferative disorder, [78] is a rare cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called plasma cells. [79] Acute erythraemia and erythroleukaemia: Acute erythremic myelosis: Acute erythroid ...
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] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) was an adaptation created by the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and used in assigning diagnostic and procedure codes associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the United States. The ICD-9-CM is based on the ICD-9 but ...