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Diagnosis Code

D51.8 OTHER VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY ANEMIAS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D51.8

Short Description: Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias

Long Description: Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias

The code D51.8 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)
      • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (D51)
        • D51.8 Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Hereditary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
  • Megaloblastic anemia due to drugs
  • Megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency secondary to intestinal disease
  • Thiamine-responsive macrocytosis
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia caused by drug
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to chronic atrophic gastritis
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia following gastrectomy
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia following gastrectomy
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia following total gastrectomy

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D51.8 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
D51.8 Right Arrow 281.1 B12 defic anemia NEC

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
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
D51.9 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified

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

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