D51.3

D51.3: Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D51.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other dietary vitamin b12 deficiency anemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Vegan anemia

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D51.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on D51: Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia

deficiency of other B group vitamins (E53-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

D51.3 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
A57755Billing and Coding: Vitamin B<sub>12</sub> Injections

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anemia›vegan
Anemia›combined system disease NEC›due to dietary vitamin B12 deficiency
Anemia›due to›dietary vitamin B12 deficiency
Anemia›deficiency›vitamin B12 NOS›dietary
Degeneration, degenerative›combined›with anemia›due to dietary vitamin B12 deficiency
Neuropathy, neuropathic›vitamin B12›with anemia›due to dietary deficiency
Polyneuropathy›in›vitamin B12 deficiency›with anemia›due to dietary deficiency

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.