D50.8
D50.8: Other iron deficiency anemias
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D50.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other iron deficiency anemias. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D50.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Iron deficiency anemia due to inadequate dietary iron intake
Other codes that can never be billed with D50.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D50.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Chlorotic anemia
- Green sickness
- Hypochromasia, blood cells
- Witts' anemia
- Achlorhydria, achlorhydric›anemia
- Anemia›achlorhydric
- Anemia›chlorotic
- Anemia›Witts'(achlorhydric anemia)
- Sickness›green
- Anemia›iron deficiency›specified type NEC
- Anemia›nutritional›with›poor iron absorption
- Anemia›deficiency›nutritional›with›poor iron absorption
Conditions this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.