Listing 7.10
Disorders of bone marrow failure
This listing covers disorders where the bone marrow does not make enough healthy blood cells, such as myelodysplastic syndromes, aplastic anemia, granulocytopenia, and myelofibrosis.
Read the full plain-language explanation
The diagnosis needs a bone marrow aspiration or biopsy plus blood smears (blood smears alone are not enough). SSA looks for either repeated hospital stays for complications, or a lifelong need for blood transfusions. You only need to meet ONE of the two paths (A or B).
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What Listing 7.10 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 2 items
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- You were hospitalized at least 3 times in one 12-month period for complications of bone marrow failure (like uncontrolled bleeding, anemia, or serious infections).
- Each stay must last at least 48 hours (ER time right before admission counts), and the stays must be at least 30 days apart.
- The hospitalizations can be for different complications.
- This is one of two alternative paths — you only need A or B.
Read the original wording
You were hospitalized at least 3 times in one 12-month period for complications of bone marrow failure (like uncontrolled bleeding, anemia, or serious infections). Each stay must last at least 48 hours (ER time right before admission counts), and the stays must be at least 30 days apart. The hospitalizations can be for different complications. This is one of two alternative paths — you only need A or B.
(Listing 7.10, criterion A)
- You have myelodysplastic syndrome or aplastic anemia and need red blood cell transfusions at least every 6 weeks, for life, to survive.
- This is the same standard used for beta thalassemia major.
- You only need to meet path A or B.
Read the original wording
You have myelodysplastic syndrome or aplastic anemia and need red blood cell transfusions at least every 6 weeks, for life, to survive. This is the same standard used for beta thalassemia major. You only need to meet path A or B.
(Listing 7.10, criterion B)
How long it must last:
- Criterion A requires at least three hospitalizations within a consecutive 12-month period, occurring at least 30 days apart, each lasting at least 48 hours; all or part of that period must fall within the period SSA is considering.
- Criterion B requires life-long transfusion dependence.
- The general 12-month duration expectation also applies.
Read the original wording
Criterion A requires at least three hospitalizations within a consecutive 12-month period, occurring at least 30 days apart, each lasting at least 48 hours; all or part of that period must fall within the period SSA is considering. Criterion B requires life-long transfusion dependence. The general 12-month duration expectation also applies.