D56.9

D56.9: Thalassemia, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D56.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for thalassemia, unspecified. 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.

Mediterranean anemia (with other hemoglobinopathy)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D56.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on D56: Thalassemia

sickle-cell thalassemia (D57.4-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

D56.9 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A55717Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
A56718Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Leptocytosis, hereditary
Rietti-Greppi-Micheli anemia
Thalassemia(anemia) (disease)
Anemia›Mediterranean(with other hemoglobinopathy)
Anemia›microelliptopoikilocytic(Rietti-Greppi- Micheli)
Anemia›Rietti-Greppi-Micheli
Anemia›thalassemia
Disease, diseased›high fetal gene or hemoglobin thalassemia
Arthritis, arthritic›in›thalassemia NEC
Disease, diseased›hemoglobin or Hb›I thalassemia
Disease, diseased›hemoglobin or Hb›abnormal NEC›with thalassemia
Disease, diseased›hemoglobin or Hb›H›with other abnormal hemoglobin NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.