How the Test is Performed. Blood is most often drawn from a vein the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is characterized by systemic activation of blood coagulation, which results in generation and deposition of fibrin, leading to microvascular thrombi in various organs and contributing to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).Consumption and subsequent exhaustion of coagulation proteins and platelets ...
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016. D65 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation [defibrination syndrome]. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.