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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Non-Hodgkin (Most people with lymphoma have this type): is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphoma except Hodgkin's lymphomas. T-cell lymphomas account for approximately 15 percent of all NHLs in the United States. | |||
**Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredness. Other symptoms may include bone pain, chest pain, or itchiness. Some forms are slow growing while others are fast growing. | |||
**Risk factors include poor immune function, autoimmune diseases, Helicobacter pylori infection, hepatitis C, obesity, and Epstein-Barr virus infection. | |||
**Treatment depends on whether the lymphoma is slow or fast growing and if it is in one area or many areas. Treatments may include chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, stem cell transplantation, surgery, or watchful waiting. If the blood becomes overly thick due to antibodies, plasmapheresis may be used. Radiation and some chemotherapy, however, increase the risk of other cancers, heart disease or nerve problems over the subsequent decades | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 12 December 2017
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| ICD10 code: | C85.7 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Lymphoma |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Any malignancy, including lymphoma and leukemia, except of skin |
| APACHE Como Component: | Immunocompromised |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- Non-Hodgkin (Most people with lymphoma have this type): is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphoma except Hodgkin's lymphomas. T-cell lymphomas account for approximately 15 percent of all NHLs in the United States.
- Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredness. Other symptoms may include bone pain, chest pain, or itchiness. Some forms are slow growing while others are fast growing.
- Risk factors include poor immune function, autoimmune diseases, Helicobacter pylori infection, hepatitis C, obesity, and Epstein-Barr virus infection.
- Treatment depends on whether the lymphoma is slow or fast growing and if it is in one area or many areas. Treatments may include chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, stem cell transplantation, surgery, or watchful waiting. If the blood becomes overly thick due to antibodies, plasmapheresis may be used. Radiation and some chemotherapy, however, increase the risk of other cancers, heart disease or nerve problems over the subsequent decades
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