282.44 BETA THALASSEMIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 282.44

Short Description: Beta thalassemia

Long Description: Beta thalassemia

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280–289)
    • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280-289)
      • 282 Hereditary hemolytic anemias
        • 282.44 Beta thalassemia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 282.44 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anemia 285.9
    • Cooley's (erythroblastic) 282.44
    • erythroblastic
      • familial 282.44
    • familial erythroblastic (microcytic) 282.44
  • Beta thalassemia (mixed) 282.44
    • major 282.44
    • minor 282.46
  • Cooley's anemia (erythroblastic) 282.44
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Cooley's (erythroblastic anemia) 282.44
  • Thalassemia (disease)�� 282.40
    • beta (homozygous) (major) (severe) 282.44
    • intermedia 282.44
    • major 282.44

Crosswalk Information

The code 282.44 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
282.44 Right Arrow D56.1 Beta thalassemia
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
282.0 Hereditary spherocytosis
282.1 Hereditary elliptocytosis
282.2 Anemias due to disorders of glutathione metabolism
282.3 Other hemolytic anemias due to enzyme deficiency
282.40 Thalassemia, unspecified
282.41 Sickle-cell thalassemia without crisis
282.42 Sickle-cell thalassemia with crisis
282.43 Alpha thalassemia
282.45 Delta-beta thalassemia
282.46 Thalassemia minor
282.47 Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
282.49 Other thalassemia
282.5 Sickle-cell trait
282.60 Sickle-cell disease, unspecified
282.61 Hb-SS disease without crisis
282.62 Hb-SS disease with crisis
282.63 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
282.64 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with crisis
282.68 Other sickle-cell disease without crisis
282.69 Other sickle-cell disease with crisis
282.7 Other hemoglobinopathies
282.8 Other specified hereditary hemolytic anemias
282.9 Hereditary hemolytic anemia, unspecified


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