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D55.1

D55.1: Anemia due to other disorders of glutathione metabolism

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D55.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anemia due to other disorders of glutathione metabolism. 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.

  • Anemia (due to) enzyme deficiencies, except G6PD, related to the hexose monophosphate [HMP] shunt pathway
  • Anemia (due to) hemolytic nonspherocytic (hereditary), type I

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D55.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on D55: Anemia due to enzyme disorders

  • drug-induced enzyme deficiency anemia (D59.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with D55.1

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

  • E74.4Disorders of pyruvate metabolism and gluconeogenesis

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

D55.1 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

  • Anemia›erythrocytic glutathione deficiency
  • Anemia›glutathione-reductase deficiency
  • Disorder›pentose phosphate pathway with anemia
  • Anemia›deficiency›6 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
  • Anemia›deficiency›6-PGD
  • Anemia›deficiency›erythrocytic glutathione
  • Anemia›deficiency›G SH
  • Anemia›deficiency›GGS-R
  • Anemia›deficiency›glutathione reductase
  • Anemia›deficiency›enzyme›related to hexose monophosphate shunt pathway NEC(HMP)
  • Anemia›due to›disorder of›glutathione metabolism
  • Anemia›with›disorder of›pentose phosphate pathway

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under D55

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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