D53.0
D53.0: Protein deficiency anemia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D53.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for protein deficiency anemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D53.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (E79.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Amino-acid deficiency anemia
- Orotaciduric anemia
Other codes that can never be billed with D53.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E79Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D53.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Amino-acid disorder›anemia
- Anemia›amino-acid-deficiency
- Anemia›orotaciduric(congenital) (hereditary)
- Anemia›protein-deficiency
- Orotaciduria, oroticaciduria›anemia
- Aciduria›orotic›anemia
- Anemia›deficiency›amino-acid
- Anemia›deficiency›protein
- Anemia›megaloblastic›orotic aciduria
- Deficiency, deficient›protein›anemia
- Anemia›due to›deficiency›amino-acid
- Anemia›due to›deficiency›protein
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.