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Diagnosis Code

D53.2 SCORBUTIC ANEMIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D53.2

Short Description: Scorbutic anemia

Long Description: Scorbutic anemia

The code D53.2 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)
      • Other nutritional anemias (D53)
        • D53.2 Scorbutic anemia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Vitamin C deficiency anemia

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D53.2 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)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code D53.2 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • scurvy (@E54*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
D53.2 Right Arrow 281.8 Nutritional 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
D53 Other nutritional anemias
D53.0 Protein deficiency anemia
D53.1 Other megaloblastic anemias, not elsewhere classified
D53.8 Other specified nutritional anemias
D53.9 Nutritional anemia, unspecified

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

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