D50 — Iron deficiency anemia
D50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for iron deficiency anemia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- asiderotic anemia
- hypochromic anemia
Other codes that can never be billed with D50
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D50. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D50 alone.
Risk adjustment
D50 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Conditions this code belongs to
Every code for the condition on one page, which one applies when, and the mistake coders make with it.
Code history
D50 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead D50
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about D50
- Is D50 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D50 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D50 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89), in the block Nutritional anemias (D50-D53).