D50.0

D50.0: Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D50.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic). It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check D50.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

acute posthemorrhagic anemia (D62)
congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (P61.3)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)

Other codes that can never be billed with D50.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

E61.1Iron deficiency
D62Acute posthemorrhagic anemia
E83.1Disorders of iron metabolism

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

D50.0 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Normocytic anemia(infectional) due to blood loss (chronic)
Posthemorrhagic anemia(chronic)
Anemia›blood loss(chronic)
Anemia›factitious(self-induced blood letting)
Anemia›hemorrhagic(chronic)
Anemia›posthemorrhagic(chronic)
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›anemia(chronic)
Anemia›chronic›blood loss
Anemia›due to›blood loss(chronic)
Anemia›due to›hemorrhage(chronic)
Anemia›due to›loss of blood(chronic)
Anemia›hypochromic›due to blood loss(chronic)

Conditions this code belongs to

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.