An offer of money; the act by which one individual offers someone who is holding a claim or demand against him or her the amount of money that the offeror regards and admits is due, in order to satisfy the claim or demand, in the absence of any contingency or stipulation attached to the offer.
Emergency ICD-9-CM: Coding Signs and Symptoms in the ED to Justify Diagnosis Tests, Services. Its a common diagnosis coding dilemma in EDs across the country: A patient comes in complaining of severe chest pain. It might be a heart attack, or it might be a bad case of indigestion. To the patient, the symptoms can be the same.
Abnormalities of the formed elements of the blood, and of the clotting, fibrinolytic, and related systems, are very common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The major hematologic manifestations of SLE are anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). These hematologic abnormalities may be a presenting manifestation of SLE, and can be a sign of disease activity if other possible causes are excluded.