D55.0
D55.0: Anemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase [G6PD] deficiency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D55.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase [g6pd] deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D55.0 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.
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency without anemia (D75.A)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Favism
- G6PD deficiency anemia
Other codes that can never be billed with D55.0
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
D55.0 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56718Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- A57110Billing and Coding: MolDX: Blood Product Molecular Antigen Typing
- A57124Billing and Coding: MolDX: Blood Product Molecular Antigen Typing
- A57155Billing and Coding: MolDX: Blood Product Molecular Antigen Typing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Favism(anemia)
- Anemia›Baghdad spring
- Anemia›favism
- Anemia›glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency(G6PD)
- Poisoning›fava bean
- Toxicity›fava bean
- Anemia›deficiency›G6PD
- Anemia›deficiency›glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- Deficiency, deficient›glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase›anemia
- Anemia›deficiency›enzyme›glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(G6PD)
- Anemia›hemolytic›nonspherocytic›congenital or hereditary NEC›glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.