D72.818
D72.818: Other decreased white blood cell count
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D72.818 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other decreased white blood cell count. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D72.818 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Basophilic leukopenia
- Eosinophilic leukopenia
- Monocytopenia
- Other decreased leukocytes
- Plasmacytopenia
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D72.818
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D72.818
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D72.818 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55717Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A56199Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Procedures
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
- A56793Billing and Coding: Genomic Sequence Analysis Panels in the Treatment of Hematolymphoid Diseases
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Monocytopenia
- Plasmacytopenia
- Leukopenia›basophilic
- Leukopenia›eosinophilic
- Decrease›leukocytes›specified NEC
- Decrease›white blood cell count›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.