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281.2 - Folate-deficiency Anemia


The ICD 9 Code for Folate-deficiency anemia is listed as 281.2.
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: 281.2
Long Description: Folate-deficiency anemia
Short Description: Folate-deficiency anemia
Chapter: Diseases Of The Blood And Blood-Forming Organs
Block: Other deficiency anemias (281-281)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: D52.0 - Dietary folate deficiency anemia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: D52.1 - Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: D52.8 - Other folate deficiency anemias (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: D52.9 - Folate deficiency anemia, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 281.2:
281.0 - Pernicious anemia
281.1 - Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
281.3 - Other specified megaloblastic anemias not elsewhere classified
281.4 - Protein-deficiency anemia
281.8 - Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency
281.9 - Unspecified deficiency anemia