D75.829 — Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, unspecified
D75.829 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
D75.829 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
D75.829 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.
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
- A56795Billing and Coding: Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESAs)
- A57689Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
How D75.829 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 D75.829.
- Thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenic›heparin induced(HIT)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D75.82. If D75.829 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D75.829
- Is D75.829 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D75.829 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D75.829 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).