Diagnosis Code

D53.8 OTHER SPECIFIED NUTRITIONAL ANEMIAS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D53.8

Short Description: Other specified nutritional anemias

Long Description: Other specified nutritional anemias

The code D53.8 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)
      • Other nutritional anemias (D53)
        • D53.8 Other specified nutritional anemias

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired thiamine deficiency anemia
  • Anemia due to copper deficiency
  • Anemia due to niacin deficiency
  • Anemia due to pantothenic deficiency
  • Anemia due to riboflavin deficiency
  • Anemia due to vitamin A deficiency
  • Anemia due to vitamin B>6< deficiency
  • Anemia due to vitamin E deficiency
  • Anemia due to zinc deficiency
  • Deficiency anemias, excluding iron
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency
  • Non megaloblastic anemia associated with nutritional deficiency

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D53.8 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)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code D53.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Anemia associated with deficiency of copper
    • Anemia associated with deficiency of molybdenum
    • Anemia associated with deficiency of zinc
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • nutritional deficiencies without anemia, such as:
    • copper deficiency NOS (@E61.0*)
    • molybdenum deficiency NOS (@E61.5*)
    • zinc deficiency NOS (@E60*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
D53.8 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
D53.2 Scorbutic anemia
D53.9 Nutritional anemia, unspecified


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