R71.8 OTHER ABNORMALITY OF RED BLOOD CELLS

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R71.8

Short Description: Other abnormality of red blood cells

Long Description: Other abnormality of red blood cells

The code R71.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
- Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
  - Abnormality of red blood cells (R71)
    - R71.8 Other abnormality of red blood cells

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

Abnormal erythrocyte destruction
Abnormal erythrocyte production
Abnormal red blood cell volume
Alteration of hemoglobin concentration
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anemia due to membrane defect
Anisocytosis, red cells
Ascorbate-cyanide detected by screening
Auto-agglutination of red blood cell
Babesia red blood cell inclusion
Basophilic stippling
Blister cells
Burr cells present
Cabot's ring bodies
Carboxyhemoglobin above reference range
Carboxyhemoglobin below reference range
Color index level - finding
Color index level - finding
Dacrocytosis
Decreased blood erythrocyte volume
Decreased erythrocyte destruction
Decreased erythrocyte life span
Decreased erythrocyte production
Decreased heme-heme interaction
Decreased osmotic fragility
Dimorphic red blood cell population
Dyserythropoiesis
Eccentrocytosis
Erythrocyte aggregation
Erythrocyte color index above reference range
Erythrocyte color index below reference range
Erythrocyte life span finding
Erythrocyte membrane abnormality
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate - finding
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate - finding
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate below reference range
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate outside reference range
Erythrocyte sequestration
Erythrocytic maturation arrest
Erythrophagocytosis
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Erythropoiesis finding
Extramedullary erythropoiesis
Extramedullary hematopoiesis
Extravascular hemolysis
Finding of red blood cell staining
Finding of red blood cell staining
Folic acid above reference range
Folic acid below reference range
Heinz bodies
Hematocrit - PCV level - finding
Hematocrit - PCV level - finding
Hematocrit above reference range
Hematocrit outside reference range
Hemoglobin above reference range
Hemoglobin C crystals
Hemoglobin H inclusions
Hemoglobin level outside reference range
Hemoglobin SC crystals
Hemolysis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis due to abnormal protein 4.1
Hereditary elliptocytosis due to alpha spectrin defect
Hereditary elliptocytosis due to beta spectrin defect in self-association
Hereditary elliptocytosis due to beta spectrin-ankyrin interaction
Hereditary elliptocytosis due to deficiency of protein 4.1
Hereditary elliptocytosis due to glycophorin C deficiency
Hereditary elliptocytosis with transient poikilocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary spherocytosis due to beta spectrin defect
Hereditary spherocytosis due to combined deficiency of spectrin AND ankyrin
Hereditary spherocytosis due to deficiency of protein 4.2
Hereditary spherocytosis due to spectrin deficiency
Howell Jolly bodies
Hypochromic red blood cells
Increased blood erythrocyte volume
Increased erythrocyte destruction
Increased erythrocyte ghost cells in blood
Increased erythrocyte production
Increased heme-heme interaction
Increased osmotic fragility
Ineffective erythropoiesis
Intravascular hemolysis
Leptocytosis
Malarial red blood cell inclusion
Mean cell hemoglobin concentration - finding
Mean cell hemoglobin concentration - finding
Mean cell hemoglobin level - finding
Mean cell hemoglobin level - finding
Mean cell hemoglobin level - finding
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin above reference range
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin below reference range
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration above reference range
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration below reference range
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin outside reference range
Mean corpuscular volume above reference range
Mean corpuscular volume below reference range
Megaloblastoid erythropoiesis
Methemoglobin above reference range
Methemoglobin below reference range
Microcytosis
Microspherocytes seen
Mild hereditary spherocytosis due to combined deficiency of spectrin AND ankyrin
Mild hereditary spherocytosis due to spectrin deficiency
Pappenheimer bodies
Plasmodium macrogametocyte in red cell
Plasmodium malariae gametocyte in red cell
Plasmodium malariae gametocyte in red cell
Plasmodium merozoite in red cell
Plasmodium microgametocyte in red cell
Poikilocytosis
Polychromatic red blood cells
Post-artesunate delayed hemolysis
Presence of hemoglobin alpha-chain variant
Presence of hemoglobin delta chain variant
Presence of unidentified hemoglobin variant
Puddle cells
Pyknocytosis
RBC enzymes abnormal
RBC's - megaloblasts
Red blood cell agglutination
Red blood cell color - finding
Red blood cell color - finding
Red blood cell count above reference range
Red blood cell count below reference range
Red blood cell count outside reference range
Red blood cell folate above reference range
Red blood cell folate below reference range
Red blood cell inclusions
Red blood cell maturation age - finding
Red blood cell morphology abnormal
Red blood cell population finding
Red blood cell population finding
Red blood cell population finding
Red blood cell population finding
Red blood cell population finding
Red blood cell size - finding
Red cell folate outside reference range
Reticulocyte count outside reference range
Ringed sideroblast
Rouleaux
Schistocytosis
Sensitized cell
Sensitized red cell
Severe hereditary spherocytosis due to combined deficiency of spectrin AND ankyrin
Severe hereditary spherocytosis due to spectrin deficiency
Sickling test positive
Siderocytophagocytosis
Sputnik cells
Sugar-water test positive
Sulfhemoglobin above reference range
Sulfhemoglobin below reference range
Total iron binding capacity below reference range

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R71.8 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 R71.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Inclusion Terms:
- Abnormal red-cell morphology NOS
- Abnormal red-cell volume NOS
- Anisocytosis
- Poikilocytosis

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R71.8		790.09	Abnormal RBC 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
R71	Abnormality of red blood cells
R71.0	Precipitous drop in hematocrit

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

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