281.4 PROTEIN DEFIC ANEMIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 281.4

Short Description: Protein defic anemia

Long Description: Protein-deficiency anemia

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280–289)
    • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280-289)
      • 281 Other deficiency anemias
        • 281.4 Protein defic anemia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 281.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Aciduria 791.9
    • orotic (congenital) (hereditary) (pyrimidine deficiency) 281.4
  • Amino acid
    • deficiency 270.9
      • anemia 281.4
  • Anemia 285.9
    • amino acid deficiency 281.4
    • deficiency 281.9
      • amino acid 281.4
      • protein 281.4
    • orotic aciduric (congenital) (hereditary) 281.4
    • protein-deficiency 281.4
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • protein 260
      • anemia 281.4
  • Dysproteinemia 273.8
    • transient with copper deficiency 281.4
  • Orotaciduria, oroticaciduria (congenital) (hereditary) (pyrimidine deficiency) 281.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 281.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
281.4 Right Arrow D53.0 Protein deficiency anemia
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
281.0 Pernicious anemia
281.1 Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
281.2 Folate-deficiency anemia
281.3 Other specified megaloblastic anemias not elsewhere classified
281.8 Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency
281.9 Unspecified deficiency anemia


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