D71.8 — Other functional disorders of polymorphonuclear neutrophils
D71.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other functional disorders of polymorphonuclear neutrophils. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cell membrane receptor complex [CR3] defect
- Chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease
- Congenital dysphagocytosis
- Progressive septic granulomatosis
Risk adjustment
D71.8 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 115 Specified Immunodeficiencies and White Blood Cell Disorders0.565 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.
Medicare coverage
D71.8 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A55717Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
- A57689Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
How D71.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to D71.8.
- Dysphagocytosis, congenital
- Job's syndrome(chronic granulomatous disease)
- Lipochrome histiocytosis(familial)
- Defect, defective›cell membrane receptor complex(CR3)
- Disease, diseased›childhood granulomatous
- Disease, diseased›granulomatous(childhood) (chronic)
- Granulomatosis›progressive septic
- Syndrome›Job's
- Disorder›functional polymorphonuclear neutrophils›specified NEC
- Disorder›neutrophil, polymorphonuclear›specified NEC
- Disorder›polymorphonuclear neutrophils›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D71. If D71.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D71.8
- Is D71.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D71.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D71.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89), in the block Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs (D70-D77).