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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D50.9
Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- D50.9 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 D50.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D50.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 D50.9 may differ.
The following code(s) above
D50.9 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
D50.9:
- Anemia, iron deficiency
- Anemia, microcytic, hypochromic
- Anemia, microcytic, normochromic
- Anemia, normocytic, hypochromic
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Iron deficiency anemia in childbirth
- Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy
- Iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy
- Iron deficiency anemia postpartum
- Microcytic anemia
- Microcytic hypochromic anemia
- Microcytic normochromic anemia
- Normocytic hypochromic anemia
- Postpartum (after childbirth) iron deficiency anemia
Clinical Information
- Anemia caused by low iron intake, inefficient iron absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, or chronic blood loss.
- Anemia characterized by decreased or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, and low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit value. The erythrocytes are hypochromic and microcytic and the iron binding capacity is increased.
ICD-10-CM D50.9 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 D50.9 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
- 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
- with (due to) (in)
- deficiency D53.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D53.9
Nutritional anemia, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- due to (in) (with)
- impaired absorption D50.9
- hypochromic (idiopathic) (microcytic) (normoblastic) D50.9
- iron deficiency D50.9
- microcytic (hypochromic) D50.9
- refractory D46.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D46.4
Refractory anemia, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- sideropenic (refractory) D50.9
- asiderotic D50.9
- Faber's D50.9 (achlorhydric anemia)
- Chlorosis D50.9
- Deficiency, deficient
- iron E61.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E61.1
Iron deficiency
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- iron deficiency anemia (D50.-)
- Faber's syndrome D50.9 (achlorhydric anemia)
- Hyposiderinemia D50.9
- Syndrome - see also Disease
- Faber's D50.9
- Hayem-Faber D50.9
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To D50.9
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
D52 Folate deficiency anemia
D52.0 Dietary folate deficiency anemia
D52.1 Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
