ICD-10-CM Section · D50-D53

Nutritional anemias

23 codes in this section

23
Total Codes
19
Billable
4
Header (Non-Billable)
4
Top-Level Codes

About Section D50-D53

Section D50-D53 (D50-D53) covers nutritional anemias. It sits within the Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism chapter (D50-D89). This section contains 23 ICD-10-CM codes, 19 billable diagnoses you can submit on a claim, and 4 non-billable header codes used to organize the hierarchy.

Codes are organized below by 3-character root. Click the root to see all subcodes underneath it, or click any individual code for full coverage data, payer policies, and linked CPT procedures.

Codes in D50-D53

Grouped by 3-character root code. Click any code for full detail.

D50 Iron deficiency anemia
4 subcodes
D50.0 Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic) Billable
D50.1 Sideropenic dysphagia Billable
D50.8 Other iron deficiency anemias Billable
D50.9 Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified Billable
D51 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
6 subcodes
D51.0 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency Billable
D51.1 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria Billable
D51.2 Transcobalamin II deficiency Billable
D51.3 Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia Billable
D51.8 Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias Billable
D51.9 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified Billable
D52 Folate deficiency anemia
4 subcodes
D52.0 Dietary folate deficiency anemia Billable
D52.1 Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia Billable
D52.8 Other folate deficiency anemias Billable
D52.9 Folate deficiency anemia, unspecified Billable
D53 Other nutritional anemias
5 subcodes
D53.0 Protein deficiency anemia Billable
D53.1 Other megaloblastic anemias, not elsewhere classified Billable
D53.2 Scorbutic anemia Billable
D53.8 Other specified nutritional anemias Billable
D53.9 Nutritional anemia, unspecified Billable

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