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  2. Iron deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs. Iron is present in all cells in the human body and has several vital functions, such as carrying oxygen to the tissues from the lungs as a key component of the hemoglobin protein, acting as a transport medium for electrons within the cells in the form of cytochromes, and facilitating oxygen ...

  3. ICD-10 - Wikipedia

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    The deadline for the United States to begin using ICD-10-CM for diagnosis coding and Procedure Coding System ICD-10-PCS for inpatient hospital procedure coding was set at October 1, 2015, [51] [52] a year later than the previous 2014 deadline. [53] Before the 2014 deadline, the previous deadline had been a year before that on October 1, 2013.

  4. Hexokinase deficiency - Wikipedia

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    "Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for treatment of severe hemolytic anemia attributable to hexokinase deficiency". Blood. 128 (5). American Society of Hematology: 735– 737. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-03-702860. ISSN 0006-4971. PMID 27297791. GILSANZ, FLORINDA (June 1, 1978). "Congenital Hemolytic Anemia Due to Hexokinase Deficiency".

  5. Iron-deficiency anemia - Wikipedia

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    Iron-deficiency anemia is anemia caused by a lack of iron. [3] Anemia is defined as a decrease in the number of red blood cells or the amount of hemoglobin in the blood. [3] When onset is slow, symptoms are often vague such as feeling tired, weak, short of breath, or having decreased ability to exercise. [1]

  6. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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    For an individual to give valid informed consent, three components must be present: disclosure, capacity and voluntariness. [9] [10]Disclosure requires the researcher to supply each prospective subject with the information necessary to make an autonomous decision and also to ensure that the subject adequately understands the information provided.

  7. Hemolytic anemia - Wikipedia

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    Hemolytic anemia or haemolytic anaemia is a form of anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells (RBCs), either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the human body (extravascular). [2]

  8. ICD-10-CM - Wikipedia

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    Under the proposal, the ICD-9-CM code sets would be replaced with the ICD-10-CM code sets, effective October 1, 2013. On April 17, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would delay the compliance date for the ICD-10-CM and PCS by 12 months-from October 1, 2013, to October 1, 2014. [4]

  9. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.