Diagnosis Code: D56.0

Short Description: Alpha thalassemia

Long Description: Alpha thalassemia

The code D56.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
  • Hemolytic anemias (D55-D59)
    • Thalassemia (D56)
      • D56.0 Alpha thalassemia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Acquired hemoglobin H disease
• Alpha plus thalassemia
• Alpha plus thalassemia deletion type
• Alpha plus thalassemia non deletion type
• Alpha thalassemia
• Alpha thalassemia X-linked intellectual disability syndrome
• Alpha zero thalassemia
• Alpha-thalassemia intellectual disability syndrome linked to chromosome 16
• Deletion of part of short arm of chromosome 16
• Fetal anemia
• Fetus with hereditary disease
• Hemoglobin Bart's hydrops syndrome
• Hemoglobin H constant spring thalassemia
• Hemoglobin H disease
• Hemoglobin Paksé disease
• Hemoglobin Seal Rock disease
• Homozygous alpha thalassemia
• Hydrops fetalis
• Sickle cell anemia with coexistent alpha-thalassemia
• Sickle cell-hemoglobin SS disease
• Sickle cell-thalassemia disease
• Thalassemia with other hemoglobinopathy

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code D56.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Alpha thalassemia major
  • Hemoglobin H Constant Spring
  • Hemoglobin H disease
  • Hydrops fetalis due to alpha thalassemia
  • Severe alpha thalassemia
  • Triple gene defect alpha thalassemia
• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • alpha thalassemia trait or minor (@D56.3*)
  • asymptomatic alpha thalassemia (@D56.3*)
  • hydrops fetalis due to isoimmunization (@P56.0*)
  • hydrops fetalis not due to immune hemolysis (@P83.2*)

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

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