D52.8

D52.8: Other folate deficiency anemias

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D52.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other folate deficiency anemias. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check D52.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D52.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on D52: Folate deficiency anemia

folate deficiency without anemia (E53.8)

Other codes that can never be billed with D52.8

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

E53.8Deficiency of other specified B group vitamins

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

D52.8 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
A57755Billing and Coding: Vitamin B<sub>12</sub> Injections

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anemia›macrocytic›tropical
Anemia›pleochromic›of sprue
Anemia›tropical›macrocytic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.