Diagnosis Code

D72.829 ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D72.829

Short Description: Elevated white blood cell count, unspecified

Long Description: Elevated white blood cell count, unspecified

The code D72.829 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
    • Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs (D70-D77)
      • Other disorders of white blood cells (D72)
        • D72.829 Elevated white blood cell count, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Blood leukocyte number above reference range
  • Leukocytosis
  • Post-splenectomy disorder
  • Post-splenectomy leukocytosis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D72.829 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Reticuloendothelial And Immunity Disorders With Mcc (814)
  • Reticuloendothelial And Immunity Disorders With Cc (815)
  • Reticuloendothelial And Immunity Disorders Without Cc/mcc (816)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code D72.829 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Elevated leukocytes, unspecified
    • Leukocytosis, unspecified

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
D72.829 Right Arrow 288.60 Leukocytosis NOS

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
D72 Other disorders of white blood cells
D72.0 Genetic anomalies of leukocytes
D72.1 Eosinophilia
D72.10 Eosinophilia, unspecified
D72.11 Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES]
D72.110 Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome [IHES]
D72.111 Lymphocytic Variant Hypereosinophilic Syndrome [LHES]
D72.118 Other hypereosinophilic syndrome
D72.119 Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES], unspecified
D72.12 Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome
D72.18 Eosinophilia in diseases classified elsewhere
D72.19 Other eosinophilia
D72.8 Other specified disorders of white blood cells
D72.81 Decreased white blood cell count
D72.810 Lymphocytopenia
D72.818 Other decreased white blood cell count
D72.819 Decreased white blood cell count, unspecified
D72.82 Elevated white blood cell count
D72.820 Lymphocytosis (symptomatic)
D72.821 Monocytosis (symptomatic)
D72.822 Plasmacytosis
D72.823 Leukemoid reaction
D72.824 Basophilia
D72.825 Bandemia
D72.828 Other elevated white blood cell count
D72.89 Other specified disorders of white blood cells
D72.9 Disorder of white blood cells, unspecified


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