D53.9
D53.9: Nutritional anemia, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D53.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nutritional anemia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D53.9 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.
- anemia NOS (D64.9)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Simple chronic anemia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D53.9 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 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
- A57110Billing and Coding: MolDX: Blood Product Molecular Antigen Typing
- A57124Billing and Coding: MolDX: Blood Product Molecular Antigen Typing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anemia›deficiency
- Anemia›macrocytic
- Anemia›malnutrition
- Anemia›nutritional(deficiency)
- Anemia›simple chronic
- Anemia›chronic›simple
- Anemia›deficiency›nutritional
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.