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281.9 - Unspecified Deficiency Anemia


The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified deficiency anemia is listed as 281.9.
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: 281.9
Long Description: Unspecified deficiency anemia
Short Description: Deficiency anemia NOS
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: D53.9 - Nutritional anemia, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 281.9:
281.0 - Pernicious anemia
281.1 - Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
281.2 - Folate-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