281.9 DEFICIENCY ANEMIA NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 281.9

Short Description: Deficiency anemia NOS

Long Description: Unspecified 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
        • 281.9 Deficiency anemia NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 281.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anemia 285.9
    • chronic 285.9
      • simple 281.9
    • deficiency 281.9
      • 2, 3 diphosphoglycurate mutase 282.3
      • 2, 3 PG 282.3
      • 6-PGD 282.2
      • 6-phosphogluronic dehydrogenase 282.2
      • amino acid 281.4
      • combined B12�and folate 281.3
      • enzyme, drug-induced (hemolytic) 282.2
      • erythrocytic glutathione 282.2
      • folate 281.2
        • dietary 281.2
        • drug-induced 281.2
      • folic acid 281.2
        • dietary 281.2
        • drug-induced 281.2
      • G-6-PD 282.2
      • GGS-R 282.2
      • glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) 282.2
      • glucose-phosphate isomerase 282.3
      • glutathione peroxidase 282.2
      • glutathione reductase 282.2
      • glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase 282.3
      • GPI 282.3
      • G SH 282.2
      • hexokinase 282.3
      • iron (Fe) 280.9
        • specified NEC 280.8
      • nutritional 281.9
        • with
          • poor iron absorption 280.9
          • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
        • due to inadequate dietary iron intake 280.1
        • specified type NEC 281.8
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • pentose phosphate pathway 282.2
      • PFK 282.3
      • phosphofructo-aldolase 282.3
      • phosphofructokinase 282.3
      • phosphoglycerate kinase 282.3
      • PK 282.3
      • protein 281.4
      • pyruvate kinase (PK) 282.3
      • TPI 282.3
      • triosephosphate isomerase 282.3
      • vitamin B12�NEC 281.1
        • dietary 281.1
        • pernicious 281.0
    • dimorphic 281.9
    • macrocytic 281.9
      • nutritional 281.2
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • tropical 281.2
    • malnutrition 281.9
    • megaloblastic 281.9
      • combined B12�and folate deficiency 281.3
      • nutritional (of infancy) 281.2
      • of infancy 281.2
      • of or complicating pregnancy 648.2
      • refractory 281.3
      • specified NEC 281.3
    • megalocytic 281.9
    • nutritional (deficiency) 281.9
      • with
        • poor iron absorption 280.9
        • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
      • due to inadequate dietary iron intake 280.1
      • megaloblastic (of infancy) 281.2
    • simple chronic 281.9
  • Megalocytic anemia 281.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 281.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
281.9 Right Arrow D53.9 Nutritional anemia, unspecified
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
281.4 Protein-deficiency anemia
281.8 Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency


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