Diagnosis Code

D50.0 IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA SECONDARY TO BLOOD LOSS (CHRONIC)


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D50.0

Short Description: Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

Long Description: Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

The code D50.0 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)
      • Iron deficiency anemia (D50)
        • D50.0 Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Anemia due to blood loss
  • Anemia due to blood loss
  • Anemia due to blood loss
  • Anemia due to chronic blood loss
  • Iron deficiency anemia due to blood loss
  • Normocytic anemia
  • Normocytic anemia due to chronic blood loss

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D50.0 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 D50.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • acute posthemorrhagic anemia (@D62*)
    • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (@P61.3*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
D50.0 Right Arrow 280.0 Chr blood loss anemia

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
D50 Iron deficiency anemia
D50.1 Sideropenic dysphagia
D50.8 Other iron deficiency anemias
D50.9 Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified


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