ICD-10-CM Codes
D50-D89
D50-D53
D53-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D53.8

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D53.8

Other specified nutritional anemias

2016

2017

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2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

D53.8 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 D53.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D53.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 D53.8 may differ.

Applicable To

Anemia associated with deficiency of copper
Anemia associated with deficiency of molybdenum
Anemia associated with deficiency of zinc

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 D53.8. 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.

nutritional deficiencies without anemia, such as:
copper deficiency NOS (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E61.0
Copper deficiency
E61.0
)
molybdenum deficiency NOS (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E61.5
Molybdenum deficiency
E61.5
)
zinc deficiency NOS (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E60
Dietary zinc deficiency
E60
)

The following code(s) above D53.8 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 D53.8:

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
D53
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D53
Other nutritional anemias
Includes
- megaloblastic anemia unresponsive to vitamin B12 or folate therapy
Other nutritional anemias

ICD-10-CM D53.8 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 D53.8 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to D53.8:

Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D64.9
Anemia, unspecified
- 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
  anemia NOS (D64.9)
  - nutritional 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
    anemia NOS (D64.9)
    - with
      - specified deficiency NEC D53.8
- due to (in) (with)
  - deficiency
    - copper D53.8
    - molybdenum D53.8
    - zinc D53.8
- nutritional (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
  anemia NOS (D64.9)
  - with
    - specified deficiency NEC D53.8

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To D53.8

D51.9 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified

D52 Folate deficiency anemia

D52.0 Dietary folate deficiency anemia

D52.1 Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia

D52.8 Other folate deficiency anemias

D52.9 Folate deficiency anemia, unspecified

D53 Other nutritional anemias

D53.0 Protein deficiency anemia

D53.1 Other megaloblastic anemias, not elsewhere classified

D53.2 Scorbutic anemia

D53.8 Other specified nutritional anemias

D53.9 Nutritional anemia, unspecified

D55 Anemia due to enzyme disorders

D55.0 Anemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase [G6PD] deficiency

D55.1 Anemia due to other disorders of glutathione metabolism

D55.2 Anemia due to disorders of glycolytic enzymes

D55.21 Anemia due to pyruvate kinase deficiency

D55.29 Anemia due to other disorders of glycolytic enzymes

D55.3 Anemia due to disorders of nucleotide metabolism

D55.8 Other anemias due to enzyme disorders

D55.9 Anemia due to enzyme disorder, unspecified

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D53.8

Other specified nutritional anemias

Copper deficiency

Molybdenum deficiency

Dietary zinc deficiency

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

Other nutritional anemias

Anemia, unspecified

Nutritional anemia, unspecified

Nutritional anemia, unspecified

Nutritional anemia, unspecified