D53.8 Billable Code
Other specified nutritional anemias
Effective From: 10/01/2016
Chapter Classification
Chapter 3
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
Section Detail
D50-D53
Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
Code Hierarchy
This code is a child of D53.
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes2
- nutritional deficiencies without anemia, such as:
- copper deficiency NOS (E61.0)
- molybdenum deficiency NOS (E61.5)
- zinc deficiency NOS (E60)
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