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D56.9 - Thalassemia, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Thalassemia, unspecified is listed as D56.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: D56.9
Description: Thalassemia, unspecified
  • Mediterranean anemia (with other hemoglobinopathy)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
811 - Red Blood Cell Disorders W Mcc
812 - Red Blood Cell Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
Block Hemolytic anemias (D55-D59)
Parent D56 - Thalassemia
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 282.40 - Thalassemia, unspecified
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of D56.9:
D56.0 - Alpha thalassemia
D56.1 - Beta thalassemia
D56.2 - Delta-beta thalassemia
D56.3 - Thalassemia minor
D56.4 - Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin [HPFH]
D56.5 - Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
D56.8 - Other thalassemias