C91.0

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL]

A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature lymphoid cells.

A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells called lymphoblasts are found in the blood and bone marrow.

Acute leukemia in which lymphoblasts and their progenitor cells predominate; the most common childhood cancer and accounts for 20 percent of adult acute leukemia; common all antigen calla) expressed in most cases.

An aggressive fast-growing) type of leukemia blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.

leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells. White blood cells help your body fight infection. Your blood cells form in your bone marrow. In leukemia, however, the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells. These cells crowd out the healthy blood cells, making it hard for blood to do its work. In acute lymphocytic leukemia all), there are too many of specific types of white blood cells called lymphocytes or lymphoblasts. All is the most common type of cancer in children.possible risk factors for all include being male, being white, previous chemotherapy treatment, exposure to radiation, and for adults, being older than 70.symptoms of all include:

Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the acute b lymphoblastic leukemia and acute t lymphoblastic leukemia.

Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the precursor b lymphoblastic leukemia and precursor t lymphoblastic leukemia.

C91.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C91.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 C91.0 may differ.