D50.9
D50.9: Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for iron deficiency anemia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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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
D50.9 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 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
- Chlorosis
- Faber's syndrome(achlorhydric anemia)
- Hyposiderinemia
- Anemia›asiderotic
- Anemia›Faber's(achlorhydric anemia)
- Anemia›hypochromic(idiopathic) (microcytic) (normoblastic)
- Anemia›iron deficiency
- Anemia›microcytic(hypochromic)
- Anemia›sideropenic(refractory)
- Syndrome›Faber's
- Syndrome›Hayem-Faber
- Anemia›deficiency›iron
Conditions this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.