Is E83.111 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E83.111 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E83.111 sit in the tabular list?

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).

What cannot be coded together with E83.111?

E83.111 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 E83.111 (E83.11, E83.1, E83) and apply to it just the same.

E83.111

E83.111 — Hemochromatosis due to repeated red blood cell transfusions

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E83.111 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hemochromatosis due to repeated red blood cell transfusions. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Iron overload due to repeated red blood cell transfusions
Transfusion (red blood cell) associated hemochromatosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E83.111

These are not written on E83.111, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing E83.111 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on E83.11 — Hemochromatosis

GALD (P78.84)
Gestational alloimmune liver disease (P78.84)
Neonatal hemochromatosis (P78.84)

Written on E83.1 — Disorders of iron metabolism

iron deficiency anemia (D50.-)
sideroblastic anemia (D64.0-D64.3)

Written on E83 — Disorders of mineral metabolism

dietary mineral deficiency (E58-E61)
parathyroid disorders (E20-E21)
vitamin D deficiency (E55.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with E83.111

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E83.111. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E83.111 alone.

E61Deficiency of other nutrient elements
R79.0Abnormal level of blood mineral

Risk adjustment

E83.111 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

E83.111 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

How E83.111 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 E83.111.

Hemochromatosis›due to repeated red blood cell transfusion
Overload›iron, due to repeated red blood cell transfusions
Transfusion›associated hemochromatosis(red blood cell)
Complication›transfusion›hemochromatosis

Code history

E83.111 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 E83.11. If E83.111 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E83.111

Is E83.111 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E83.111 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E83.111 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).
What cannot be coded together with E83.111?: E83.111 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 E83.111 (E83.11, E83.1, E83) and apply to it just the same.