Diagnosis Code: 281.8

Short Description: Nutritional anemia NEC

Long Description: Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency

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
      • 281.8 Nutritional anemia NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Anemia due to copper
• Anemia due to copper deficiency
• Anemia due to niacin deficiency
• Anemia due to pantothenic deficiency
• Anemia due to riboflavin deficiency
• Anemia due to starvation
• Anemia due to vitamin A deficiency
• Anemia due to vitamin B>6< deficiency
• Anemia due to vitamin E deficiency
• Anemia due to zinc deficiency
• Megaloblastic anemia due to dietary causes
• Vitamin C deficiency anemia
• Vitamin E deficiency anemia

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 281.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Achrestic anemia 281.8

• Anemia 285.9
  • achrestic 281.8
  • deficiency 281.9
    • nutritional 281.9
      • with
        • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
      • specified type NEC 281.8
  • diphasic 281.8
  • nutritional (deficiency) 281.9
    • with
      • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
  • pleochromic 285.9
    • of sprue 281.8
  • scorbutic 281.8

• Mannoheptulosuria 271.8

• Nasopharynx, nasopharyngeal - see condition

• Scorbutus, scorbutic 267
  • anemia 281.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 281.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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