D72 — Other disorders of white blood cells
D72 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of white blood cells. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- neutropenia (D70)
Other codes that can never be billed with D72
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D72. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D72 alone.
- D72.82Elevated white blood cell count
Risk adjustment
D72 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead D72
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about D72
- Is D72 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D72 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D72 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).
- What cannot be coded together with D72?
- D72 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.