Is D72.824 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. D72.824 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does D72.824 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 D72.824?

D72.824 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above D72.824 (D72.82, D72.8, D72) and apply to it just the same.

D72.824

D72.824 — Basophilia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D72.824 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for basophilia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D72.824

These are not written on D72.824, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing D72.824 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on D72.82 — Elevated white blood cell count

eosinophilia (D72.1)

Written on D72.8 — Other specified disorders of white blood cells

leukemia (C91-C95)

Written on D72 — Other disorders of white blood cells

basophilia (D72.824)
immunity disorders (D80-D89)
preleukemia (syndrome) (D46.9)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D72.824

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of D72.824, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on D72 — Other disorders of white blood cells

neutropenia (D70)

Other codes that can never be billed with D72.824

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D72.824. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D72.824 alone.

D72Other disorders of white blood cells

Risk adjustment

D72.824 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.

Medicare coverage

D72.824 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 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

How D72.824 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 D72.824.

Basophilia

Code history

D72.824 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share D72.82. If D72.824 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about D72.824

Is D72.824 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. D72.824 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does D72.824 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 D72.824?: D72.824 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above D72.824 (D72.82, D72.8, D72) and apply to it just the same.