D57.44: Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus without crisis
D57.44 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus without crisis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D57.44 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- HbS-beta plus without crisis
- Sickle-cell beta plus without crisis
Other codes that can never be billed with D57.44
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- D56.8Other thalassemias
Risk adjustment
D57.44 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 108 Sickle Cell Disorders, Except Sickle Cell Anemia (Hb-SS) and Thalassemia Beta Zero; Beta Thalassemia Major0.146 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
D57.44 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55717Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disease, diseased›hemoglobin or Hb›S or SS›beta plus
- Disease, diseased›sickle-cell›thalassemia›beta plus
- Disease, diseased›hemoglobin or Hb›S or SS›beta plus›without crisis
- Disease, diseased›sickle-cell›thalassemia›beta plus›without crisis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.