282.40 THALASSEMIA, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 282.40

Short Description: Thalassemia, unspecified

Long Description: Thalassemia, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280–289)
    • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280-289)
      • 282 Hereditary hemolytic anemias
        • 282.40 Thalassemia, unspecified

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 282.40 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anemia 285.9
    • leptocytosis (hereditary) 282.40
    • Mediterranean� 282.40
      • with hemoglobinopathy 282.49
    • thalassemia 282.40
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
    • due to or associated with
      • thalassemia (see also Thalassemia) 282.40 [713.2]
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • high fetal gene or hemoglobin thalassemia (see also Thalassemia) 282.40
    • Mediterranean 282.40
      • with hemoglobinopathy 282.49
  • Leptocytosis, hereditary 282.40
  • Mediterranean
    • anemia� 282.40
      • with other hemoglobinopathy 282.49
    • disease or syndrome (hemopathic) 282.40
      • with other hemoglobinopathy 282.49
  • Thalassanemia 282.40
  • Thalassemia (disease)�� 282.40
    • with other hemoglobinopathy 282.49
    • alpha (major) (severe) (triple gene defect) 282.43
      • silent carrier 282.46
    • beta (homozygous) (major) (severe) 282.44
    • delta-beta (homozygous) 282.45
    • dominant 282.49
    • Hb-S (without crisis) 282.41
      • with
        • crisis 282.42
        • vaso-occlusive pain 282.42
    • hemoglobin
      • C (Hb-C) 282.49
      • D (Hb-D) 282.49
      • E (Hb-E) 282.49
      • E-beta 282.47
      • H (Hb-H) 282.49
      • I (Hb-I) 282.49
    • high fetal gene (see also Thalassemia) 282.40
    • high fetal hemoglobin (see also Thalassemia) 282.40
    • intermedia 282.44
    • major 282.44
    • minor (alpha) (beta) 282.46
    • mixed 282.49
    • sickle-cell (without crisis) 282.41
      • with
        • crisis 282.42
        • vaso-occlusive pain 282.42
    • specified NEC 282.49
    • trait (alpha) (beta) (delta-beta) 282.46

Crosswalk Information

The code 282.40 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
282.40 Right Arrow D56.9 Thalassemia, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
282.0 Hereditary spherocytosis
282.1 Hereditary elliptocytosis
282.2 Anemias due to disorders of glutathione metabolism
282.3 Other hemolytic anemias due to enzyme deficiency
282.41 Sickle-cell thalassemia without crisis
282.42 Sickle-cell thalassemia with crisis
282.43 Alpha thalassemia
282.44 Beta thalassemia
282.45 Delta-beta thalassemia
282.46 Thalassemia minor
282.47 Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
282.49 Other thalassemia
282.5 Sickle-cell trait
282.60 Sickle-cell disease, unspecified
282.61 Hb-SS disease without crisis
282.62 Hb-SS disease with crisis
282.63 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
282.64 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with crisis
282.68 Other sickle-cell disease without crisis
282.69 Other sickle-cell disease with crisis
282.7 Other hemoglobinopathies
282.8 Other specified hereditary hemolytic anemias
282.9 Hereditary hemolytic anemia, unspecified


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