Diagnosis Code

D50.9 IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D50.9

Short Description: Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

Long Description: Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

The code D50.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
    • Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
      • Iron deficiency anemia (D50)
        • D50.9 Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Anemia in mother complicating childbirth
  • Anemia in mother complicating pregnancy, childbirth AND/OR puerperium
  • Idiopathic hypochromic anemia
  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Iron deficiency anemia in mother complicating childbirth
  • Iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy
  • Microcytic anemia
  • Microcytic hypochromic anemia
  • Microcytic normochromic anemia
  • Normocytic hypochromic anemia
  • Restless leg syndrome due to iron deficiency anemia
  • Restless legs
  • Secondary restless legs syndrome
  • Sleep related movement disorder

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D50.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Red Blood Cell Disorders With Mcc (811)
  • Red Blood Cell Disorders Without Mcc (812)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
D50.9 Right Arrow 280.9 Iron defic anemia NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
D50 Iron deficiency anemia
D50.0 Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)
D50.1 Sideropenic dysphagia
D50.8 Other iron deficiency anemias


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023