D56.8
D56.8: Other thalassemias
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D56.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other thalassemias. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D56.8 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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dominant thalassemia
- Hemoglobin C thalassemia
- Mixed thalassemia
- Thalassemia with other hemoglobinopathy
Other codes that can never be billed with D56.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- D58.2Other hemoglobinopathies
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D56.8 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 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
- Variants, thalassemic
- Hemoglobinopathy›with thalassemia
- Thalassemia›dominant
- Thalassemia›mixed
- Thalassemia›specified type NEC
- Thalassemia›variants
- Thalassemia›with other hemoglobinopathy
- Anemia›microcytic›familial
- Thalassemia›hemoglobin›C
- Disease, diseased›hemoglobin or Hb›C›thalassemia
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.