Thalassemia minor
Billable / specific
D56.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Alpha thalassemia minor
- Alpha thalassemia silent carrier
- Alpha thalassemia trait
- Beta thalassemia minor
- Beta thalassemia trait
- Delta-beta thalassemia minor
- Delta-beta thalassemia trait
- Thalassemia trait NOS
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9) (from D56)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) (from D56)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from D56)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from D56)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from D56)
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20) (from D56)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from D56)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from D56)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from D56)
Also known as
- Alpha thalassemia minor
- Alpha thalassemia silent carrier
- Alpha thalassemia trait
- Beta thalassemia minor
- Beta thalassemia trait
- Delta-beta thalassemia minor
- Delta-beta thalassemia trait
- Thalassemia trait NOS
- Thalassemia, alpha, minor
- Thalassemia, alpha, silent carrier
- Thalassemia, alpha, trait
- Thalassemia, beta, minor
- Thalassemia, beta, trait
- Thalassemia, delta-beta, minor
- Thalassemia, delta-beta, trait
- Thalassemia, minor
- Thalassemia, trait
- Trait, hemoglobin, abnormal NEC, with thalassemia
- Trait, Lepore
Parent code
- D56ThalassemiaHeader