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280.8 - Other Specified Iron Deficiency Anemias


The ICD 9 Code for Other specified iron deficiency anemias is listed as 280.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 280.8
Long Description: Other specified iron deficiency anemias
Short Description: Iron defic anemia NEC
Chapter: Diseases Of The Blood And Blood-Forming Organs
Block: Iron deficiency anemias (280-280)
Related Descriptions: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: D50.1 - Sideropenic dysphagia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: D50.8 - Other iron deficiency anemias (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 280.8:
280.0 - Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)
280.1 - Iron deficiency anemia secondary to inadequate dietary iron intake
280.9 - Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified