R71.0

R71.0: Precipitous drop in hematocrit

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R71.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for precipitous drop in hematocrit. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Drop (precipitous) in hemoglobin
Drop in hematocrit

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R71.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R71: Abnormality of red blood cells

anemias (D50-D64)
anemia of premature infant (P61.2)
benign (familial) polycythemia (D75.0)
congenital anemias (P61.2-P61.4)
newborn anemia due to isoimmunization (P55.-)
polycythemia neonatorum (P61.1)
polycythemia NOS (D75.1)
polycythemia vera (D45)
secondary polycythemia (D75.1)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R71.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
A57342Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Decrease›hematocrit
Decrease›hemoglobin
Drop›hematocrit(precipitous)
Drop›hemoglobin
Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›hematocrit drop(precipitous)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R71

R71.8Other abnormality of red blood cells