2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.0

Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

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  • D50.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM D50.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D50.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 D50.0 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as D50.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • acute posthemorrhagic anemia (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D62

    Acute posthemorrhagic anemia

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    Type 1 Excludes
    • anemia due to chronic blood loss (D50.0)
    • blood loss anemia NOS (D50.0)
    • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (P61.3)
    D62
    )
  • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P61.3

    Congenital anemia from fetal blood loss

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Code on Newborn Record
    P61.3
    )
The following code(s) above D50.0 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to D50.0:
  • D50-D89
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range D50-D89

    Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

    Type 2 Excludes
    • autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9)
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
  • D50
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50

    Iron deficiency anemia

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • asiderotic anemia
    • hypochromic anemia
    Iron deficiency anemia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anemia due to blood loss
  • Anemia due to chronic blood loss
  • Anemia, blood loss
  • Anemia, chronic blood loss
ICD-10-CM D50.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 811 Red blood cell disorders with mcc
  • 812 Red blood cell disorders without mcc

Convert D50.0 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to D50.0:
  • Code First: I21.A1
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I21.A1

    Myocardial infarction type 2

      2018 - New Code 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    • Myocardial infarction due to demand ischemia
    • Myocardial infarction secondary to ischemic imbalance
    Code First
  • Type 1 Excludes: D62
    , D62
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D62

    Acute posthemorrhagic anemia

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • anemia due to chronic blood loss (D50.0)
    • blood loss anemia NOS (D50.0)
    • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (P61.3)
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D62

    Acute posthemorrhagic anemia

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • anemia due to chronic blood loss (D50.0)
    • blood loss anemia NOS (D50.0)
    • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (P61.3)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to D50.0:
  • Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D64.9

    Anemia, unspecified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • blood loss (chronic) D50.0
    • chronic
      • blood loss D50.0
    • deficiency D53.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D53.9

      Nutritional anemia, unspecified

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
      Applicable To
      • Simple chronic anemia
      Type 1 Excludes
      • iron D50.9
        ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9

        Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

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        • secondary to blood loss D50.0 (chronic)
    • due to (in) (with)
    • hemorrhagic (chronic) D50.0
    • hypochromic (idiopathic) (microcytic) (normoblastic) D50.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9

      Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

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    • iron deficiency D50.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9

      Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • microcytic (hypochromic) D50.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9

      Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • normocytic (infectional) D64.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D64.9

      Anemia, unspecified

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • posthemorrhagic (chronic) D50.0
    • postoperative (postprocedural)
      • due to (acute) D62
        ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D62

        Acute posthemorrhagic anemia

          2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
        Type 1 Excludes
        • anemia due to chronic blood loss (D50.0)
        • blood loss anemia NOS (D50.0)
        • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (P61.3)
        • chronic blood loss D50.0
    • secondary to
    • sideropenic (refractory) D50.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9

      Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

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    • factitious D50.0 (self-induced blood letting)
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) R58
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R58

    Hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    • Hemorrhage NOS
    Type 1 Excludes
    • hemorrhage included with underlying conditions, such as:
    • acute duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage (K26.0)
    • acute gastritis with bleeding (K29.01)
    • ulcerative enterocolitis with rectal bleeding (K51.01)
  • Normocytic anemia (infectional) due to blood loss (chronic) D50.0
  • Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic) D50.0

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To D50.0
D49.512 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of left kidney
D49.519 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of unspecified kidney
D49.59 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other genitourinary organ
D49.6 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of brain
D49.7 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of endocrine glands and other parts of nervous system
D49.8 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other specified sites
D49.81 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of retina and choroid
D49.89 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other specified sites
D49.9 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of unspecified site
D50 Iron deficiency anemia
D50.0 Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)
D50.1 Sideropenic dysphagia
D50.8 Other iron deficiency anemias
D50.9 Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
D51 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
D51.0 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency
D51.1 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria
D51.2 Transcobalamin II deficiency
D51.3 Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
D51.8 Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias
D51.9 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified

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