Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
Billable / specific
D50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from D50)
- asiderotic anemia
- hypochromic anemia
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9) (from D50)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) (from D50)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from D50)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from D50)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from D50)
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20) (from D50)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from D50)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from D50)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from D50)
Also known as
- Anemia, with koilonychia
- Anemia, asiderotic
- Anemia, deficiency, iron
- Anemia, due to impaired absorption
- Anemia, Faber's
- Anemia, hypochromic
- Anemia, iron deficiency
- Anemia, microcytic
- Anemia, refractory, sideropenic
- Anemia, sideropenic
- Chlorosis
- Deficiency, deficient, iron, anemia
- Faber's syndrome
- Hyposiderinemia
- Syndrome, Faber's
Parent code
- D50Iron deficiency anemiaHeader