Medicare pays 100% for the AWV and focuses on health promotion and prevention. A problem-oriented visit is not part of this benefit and is subject to deductibles or coinsurance. Can the patient complete any portion of the AWV?
Hemolytic uremic syndrome. This rare disorder causes a sharp drop in platelets, destruction of red blood cells and impairment of kidney function. Sometimes it can occur in association with a bacterial Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection, such as may be acquired from eating raw or undercooked meat.
The other reason: When your blood undergoes hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells)due to one or more of a variety of possible causes, hemoglobin from dead cells are released into the plasma and wouldn't suspend as normal red blood cells when the blood is centrifuged.