285.9 ANEMIA NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 285.9

Short Description: Anemia NOS

Long Description: Anemia, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280–289)
    • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280-289)
      • 285 Other and unspecified anemias
        • 285.9 Anemia NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 285.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anemia 285.9
    • with
      • disorder of
        • anaerobic glycolysis 282.3
        • pentose phosphate pathway 282.2
      • koilonychia 280.9
    • 6-phosphogluconic dehydrogenase deficiency 282.2
    • achlorhydric 280.9
    • achrestic 281.8
    • Addison's (pernicious) 281.0
    • Addison-Biermer (pernicious) 281.0
    • agranulocytic 288.09
    • amino acid deficiency 281.4
    • antineoplastic chemotherapy induced 285.3
    • aplastic 284.9
      • acquired (secondary) 284.89
      • congenital 284.01
      • constitutional 284.01
      • due to
        • antineoplastic chemotherapy 284.89
        • chronic systemic disease 284.89
        • drugs 284.89
        • infection 284.89
        • radiation 284.89
      • idiopathic 284.9
      • myxedema 244.9
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • red cell (acquired) (adult) (with thymoma) 284.81
        • congenital 284.01
        • pure 284.01
      • specified type NEC 284.89
      • toxic (paralytic) 284.89
    • aregenerative 284.9
      • congenital 284.01
    • asiderotic 280.9
    • atypical (primary) 285.9
    • autohemolysis of Selwyn and Dacie (type I) 282.2
    • autoimmune hemolytic 283.0
    • Baghdad Spring 282.2
    • Balantidium coli 007.0
    • Biermer's (pernicious) 281.0
    • blood loss (chronic) 280.0
      • acute 285.1
    • bothriocephalus 123.4
    • brickmakers' (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • cerebral 437.8
    • childhood 282.9
    • chlorotic 280.9
    • chronica congenita aregenerativa 284.01
    • chronic 285.9
      • blood loss 280.0
      • hemolytic 282.9
        • idiopathic 283.9
      • simple 281.9
    • combined system disease NEC 281.0 [336.2]
      • due to dietary deficiency 281.1 [336.2]
    • complicating pregnancy or childbirth 648.2
    • congenital (following fetal blood loss) 776.5
      • aplastic 284.01
      • due to isoimmunization NEC 773.2
      • Heinz-body 282.7
      • hereditary hemolytic NEC 282.9
      • nonspherocytic
        • type I 282.2
        • type II 282.3
      • pernicious 281.0
      • spherocytic (see also Spherocytosis) 282.0
    • Cooley's (erythroblastic) 282.44
    • crescent - see Disease, sickle-cell
    • cytogenic 281.0
    • Dacie's (nonspherocytic)
      • type I 282.2
      • type II 282.3
    • Davidson's (refractory) 284.9
    • deficiency 281.9
      • 2, 3 diphosphoglycurate mutase 282.3
      • 2, 3 PG 282.3
      • 6-PGD 282.2
      • 6-phosphogluronic dehydrogenase 282.2
      • amino acid 281.4
      • combined B12�and folate 281.3
      • enzyme, drug-induced (hemolytic) 282.2
      • erythrocytic glutathione 282.2
      • folate 281.2
        • dietary 281.2
        • drug-induced 281.2
      • folic acid 281.2
        • dietary 281.2
        • drug-induced 281.2
      • G-6-PD 282.2
      • GGS-R 282.2
      • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) 282.2
      • glucose-phosphate isomerase 282.3
      • glutathione peroxidase 282.2
      • glutathione reductase 282.2
      • glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase 282.3
      • GPI 282.3
      • G SH 282.2
      • hexokinase 282.3
      • iron (Fe) 280.9
        • specified NEC 280.8
      • nutritional 281.9
        • with
          • poor iron absorption 280.9
          • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
        • due to inadequate dietary iron intake 280.1
        • specified type NEC 281.8
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • pentose phosphate pathway 282.2
      • PFK 282.3
      • phosphofructo-aldolase 282.3
      • phosphofructokinase 282.3
      • phosphoglycerate kinase 282.3
      • PK 282.3
      • protein 281.4
      • pyruvate kinase (PK) 282.3
      • TPI 282.3
      • triosephosphate isomerase 282.3
      • vitamin B12�NEC 281.1
        • dietary 281.1
        • pernicious 281.0
    • Diamond-Blackfan (congenital hypoplastic) 284.01
    • dibothriocephalus 123.4
    • dimorphic 281.9
    • diphasic 281.8
    • diphtheritic 032.89
    • Diphyllobothrium 123.4
    • drepanocytic (see also Disease, sickle-cell) 282.60
    • due to
      • antineoplastic chemotherapy 285.3
      • blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • chemotherapy, antineoplastic 285.3
      • defect of Embden-Meyerhof pathway glycolysis 282.3
      • disorder of glutathione metabolism 282.2
      • drug - see Anemia, by type (see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals)
        • chemotherapy, antineoplastic 285.3
      • fetal blood loss 776.5
      • fish tapeworm (D. latum) infestation 123.4
      • glutathione metabolism disorder 282.2
      • hemorrhage (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • hexose monophosphate (HMP) shunt deficiency 282.2
      • impaired absorption 280.9
      • loss of blood (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • myxedema 244.9
      • Necator americanus 126.1
      • prematurity 776.6
      • selective vitamin B12�malabsorption with proteinuria 281.1
    • Dyke-Young type (secondary)
      • (symptomatic) 283.9
    • dyserythropoietic (congenital) (types I, II, III) 285.8
    • dyshemopoietic (congenital) 285.8
    • Egypt (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • elliptocytosis (see also Elliptocytosis) 282.1
    • enzyme deficiency, drug-induced 282.2
    • epidemic (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • EPO resistant 285.21
    • erythroblastic
      • familial 282.44
      • fetus or newborn (see also Disease, hemolytic) 773.2
        • late 773.5
    • erythrocytic glutathione deficiency 282.2
    • erythropoietin-resistant (EPO resistant anemia) 285.21
    • essential 285.9
    • Faber's (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
    • factitious (self-induced bloodletting) 280.0
    • familial erythroblastic (microcytic) 282.44
    • Fanconi's (congenital pancytopenia) 284.09
    • favism 282.2
    • fetal 678.0
      • following blood loss, affecting newborn 776.5
    • fetus or newborn
      • due to
        • ABO
          • antibodies 773.1
          • incompatibility, maternal/fetal 773.1
          • isoimmunization 773.1
        • Rh
          • antibodies 773.0
          • incompatibility, maternal/fetal 773.0
          • isoimmunization 773.0
      • following fetal blood loss 776.5
    • fish tapeworm (D. latum) infestation 123.4
    • folate (folic acid) deficiency 281.2
      • dietary 281.2
      • drug-induced 281.2
    • folate malabsorption, congenital 281.2
    • folic acid deficiency 281.2
      • dietary 281.2
      • drug-induced 281.2
    • G-6-PD 282.2
    • general 285.9
    • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency 282.2
    • glutathione-reductase deficiency 282.2
    • goat's milk 281.2
    • granulocytic 288.09
    • Heinz-body, congenital 282.7
    • hemoglobin deficiency 285.9
    • hemolytic 283.9
      • acquired 283.9
        • with hemoglobinuria NEC 283.2
        • autoimmune (cold type) (idiopathic) (primary) (secondary) (symptomatic) (warm type) 283.0
        • due to
          • cold reactive antibodies 283.0
          • drug exposure 283.0
          • warm reactive antibodies 283.0
        • fragmentation 283.19
        • idiopathic (chronic) 283.9
        • infectious 283.19
          • autoimmune 283.0
        • non-autoimmune 283.10
        • toxic 283.19
        • traumatic cardiac 283.19
      • acute 283.9
        • due to enzyme deficiency NEC 282.3
        • fetus or newborn (see also Disease, hemolytic) 773.2
          • late 773.5
        • Lederer's (acquired infectious hemolytic anemia) 283.19
      • autoimmune (acquired) 283.0
      • chronic 282.9
        • idiopathic 283.9
      • cold type (secondary) (symptomatic) 283.0
      • congenital (spherocytic) (see also Spherocytosis) 282.0
        • nonspherocytic - see Anemia, hemolytic, nonspherocytic, congenital
      • drug-induced 283.0
        • enzyme deficiency 282.2
      • due to
        • cardiac conditions 283.19
        • drugs 283.0
        • enzyme deficiency NEC 282.3
          • drug-induced 282.2
        • presence of shunt or other internal prosthetic device 283.19
        • thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 446.6
      • elliptocytotic (see also Elliptocytosis) 282.1
      • familial 282.9
      • hereditary 282.9
        • due to enzyme deficiency NEC 282.3
        • specified NEC 282.8
      • idiopathic (chronic) 283.9
      • infectious (acquired) 283.19
      • mechanical 283.19
      • microangiopathic 283.19
      • nonautoimmune 283.10
      • nonspherocytic
        • congenital or hereditary NEC 282.3
          • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency 282.2
          • pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency 282.3
          • type I 282.2
          • type II 282.3
        • type I 282.2
        • type II 282.3
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • resulting from presence of shunt or other internal prosthetic device 283.19
      • secondary 283.19
        • autoimmune 283.0
      • sickle-cell - see Disease, sickle-cell
      • Stransky-Regala type (Hb-E) (see also Disease, hemoglobin) 282.7
      • symptomatic 283.19
        • autoimmune 283.0
          • acute 285.1
      • toxic (acquired) 283.19
      • uremic (adult) (child) 283.11
      • warm type (secondary) (symptomatic) 283.0
    • hemorrhagic (chronic) 280.0
    • HEMPAS 285.8
    • hereditary erythroblast multinuclearity-positive acidified serum test 285.8
    • Herrick's (hemoglobin S disease) 282.61
    • hexokinase deficiency 282.3
    • high A2�282.46
    • hookworm (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • hypochromic (idiopathic) (microcytic) (normoblastic) 280.9
      • with iron loading 285.0
      • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • familial sex linked 285.0
      • pyridoxine-responsive 285.0
    • hypoplasia, red blood cells 284.81
      • congenital or familial 284.01
    • hypoplastic (idiopathic) 284.9
      • congenital 284.01
      • familial 284.01
      • of childhood 284.09
    • idiopathic 285.9
      • hemolytic, chronic 283.9
    • in (due to) (with)
      • chronic illness NEC 285.29
      • chronic kidney disease 285.21
      • end-stage renal disease 285.21
      • neoplastic disease 285.22
    • infantile 285.9
    • infective, infectional 285.9
    • intertropical (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • iron (Fe) deficiency 280.9
      • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • specified NEC 280.8
    • Jaksch's (pseudoleukemia infantum) 285.8
    • Joseph-Diamond-Blackfan (congenital hypoplastic) 284.01
    • labyrinth 386.50
    • Lederer's (acquired infectious hemolytic anemia) 283.19
    • leptocytosis (hereditary) 282.40
    • leukoerythroblastic 284.2
    • macrocytic 281.9
      • nutritional 281.2
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • tropical 281.2
    • malabsorption (familial), selective B12�with proteinuria 281.1
    • malarial (see also Malaria) 084.6
    • malignant (progressive) 281.0
    • malnutrition 281.9
    • marsh (see also Malaria) 084.6
    • Mediterranean� 282.40
      • with hemoglobinopathy 282.49
    • megaloblastic 281.9
      • combined B12�and folate deficiency 281.3
      • nutritional (of infancy) 281.2
      • of infancy 281.2
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • refractory 281.3
      • specified NEC 281.3
    • megalocytic 281.9
    • microangiopathic hemolytic 283.19
    • microcytic (hypochromic) 280.9
      • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • familial 282.49
      • hypochromic 280.9
    • microdrepanocytosis 282.41
    • miners' (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • myelopathic 285.8
    • myelophthisic (normocytic) 284.2
    • newborn (see also Disease, hemolytic) 773.2
      • due to isoimmunization (see also Disease, hemolytic) 773.2
      • late, due to isoimmunization 773.5
      • posthemorrhagic 776.5
    • nonregenerative 284.9
    • nonspherocytic hemolytic - see Anemia, hemolytic, nonspherocytic
    • normocytic (infectional) (not due to blood loss) 285.9
      • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • myelophthisic 284.2
    • nutritional (deficiency) 281.9
      • with
        • poor iron absorption 280.9
        • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
      • due to inadequate dietary iron intake 280.1
      • megaloblastic (of infancy) 281.2
    • of childhood 282.9
    • of chronic
      • disease NEC 285.29
      • illness NEC 285.29
    • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • affecting fetus or newborn 760.8
    • of prematurity 776.6
    • orotic aciduric (congenital) (hereditary) 281.4
    • osteosclerotic 289.89
    • ovalocytosis (hereditary) (see also Elliptocytosis) 282.1
    • paludal (see also Malaria) 084.6
    • pentose phosphate pathway deficiency 282.2
    • pernicious (combined system disease) (congenital) (dorsolateral spinal degeneration) (juvenile) (myelopathy) (neuropathy) (posterior sclerosis) (primary) (progressive) (spleen) 281.0
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
    • pleochromic 285.9
      • of sprue 281.8
    • portal 285.8
    • posthemorrhagic (chronic) 280.0
      • acute 285.1
      • newborn 776.5
    • postoperative
      • due to (acute) blood loss 285.1
        • chronic blood loss 280.0
      • other 285.9
    • postpartum 648.2
    • pressure 285.9
    • primary 285.9
    • profound 285.9
    • progressive 285.9
      • malignant 281.0
      • pernicious 281.0
    • protein-deficiency 281.4
    • pseudoleukemica infantum 285.8
    • puerperal 648.2
    • pure red cell 284.81
      • congenital 284.01
    • pyridoxine-responsive (hypochromic) 285.0
    • pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency 282.3
    • refractoria sideroblastica 238.72
    • refractory (primary) 238.72
      • with
        • excess
          • blasts-1 (RAEB-1) 238.72
          • blasts-2 (RAEB-2) 238.73
        • hemochromatosis 238.72
        • ringed sideroblasts (RARS) 238.72
      • due to
        • drug 285.0
        • myelodysplastic syndrome 238.72
        • toxin 285.0
      • hereditary 285.0
      • idiopathic 238.72
      • megaloblastic 281.3
      • sideroblastic 238.72
        • hereditary 285.0
      • sideropenic 280.9
    • Rietti-Greppi-Micheli (thalassemia minor) 282.46
    • scorbutic 281.8
    • secondary (to) 285.9
      • blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • hemorrhage 280.0
        • acute 285.1
      • inadequate dietary iron intake 280.1
    • semiplastic 284.9
    • septic 285.9
    • sickle-cell (see also Disease, sickle-cell) 282.60
    • sideroachrestic 285.0
    • sideroblastic (acquired) (any type) (congenital) (drug-induced) (due to disease) (hereditary) (primary) (secondary) (sex-linked hypochromic) (vitamin B6�responsive) 285.0
      • refractory 238.72
        • congenital 285.0
        • drug-induced 285.0
        • hereditary 285.0
        • sex-linked hypochromic 285.0
        • vitamin B6-responsive 285.0
    • sideropenic 280.9
      • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
        • acute 285.1
    • simple chronic 281.9
    • specified type NEC 285.8
    • spherocytic (hereditary) (see also Spherocytosis) 282.0
    • splenic 285.8
      • familial (Gaucher's) 272.7
    • splenomegalic 285.8
    • stomatocytosis 282.8
    • syphilitic 095.8
    • target cell (oval) 285.8
      • with thalassemia - see Thalassemia
    • thalassemia 282.40
    • thrombocytopenic (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5
    • toxic 284.89
    • triosephosphate isomerase deficiency 282.3
    • tropical, macrocytic 281.2
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9
    • Vegan's 281.1
    • vitamin
      • B6-responsive 285.0
      • B12�deficiency (dietary) 281.1
        • pernicious 281.0
    • von Jaksch's (pseudoleukemia infantum) 285.8
    • Witts' (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
    • Zuelzer (-Ogden) (nutritional megaloblastic anemia) 281.2
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • hemoglobin (see also Anemia) 285.9
  • Erythrocytopenia 285.9
  • Erythropenia 285.9
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • hematocrit
      • low 285.9
    • hemoglobin
      • low 285.9
  • Hemoglobin - see also condition
    • low NEC 285.9
  • Hydremia 285.9
  • Impoverished blood 285.9
  • Low
    • bladder compliance 596.52
    • hemoglobin 285.9
  • Normocytic anemia (infectional) 285.9
    • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
      • acute 285.1
  • Oligemia 285.9
  • Oligocythemia 285.9
  • Spanemia 285.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 285.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
285.9 Right Arrow D64.9 Anemia, 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
285.0 Sideroblastic anemia
285.1 Acute posthemorrhagic anemia
285.21 Anemia in chronic kidney disease
285.22 Anemia in neoplastic disease
285.29 Anemia of other chronic disease
285.3 Antineoplastic chemotherapy induced anemia
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