What ICD-10 codes are used for Normocytic Anemia?
There are currently five ICD-10 codes that you can use to designate a patient confirmed to have Normocytic Anemia:
- This ICD-10 code stands for Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic) and is meant for those who are confirmed to have anemia due to (chronic) blood loss, iron deficiency anemia due to blood loss, normocytic anemia, or normocytic anemia due to blood loss.
- D50.9
- This ICD-10 code stands for Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified. This code is only to be used if your patient is confirmed to have iron deficiency anemia but it is not specified if it is due to something like blood loss. Normocytic anemia can also be used for this code.
- This code is an unspecified code and should only be used when not much else is known about the patient’s iron deficiency anemia. If you can specify more information about the iron deficiency anemia, it’s best to use a more specific ICD-10 code.
- D62
- This ICD-10 code stands for Acute posthemorrhagic anemia. This is an ICD-10 code that can be used on patients if they’re confirmed to have Acute posthermorrhagic anemmia or if they have anemia due to blood loss, anemia that follows from post-operative blood loss, or normocytic anemia (especially if due to chronic blood loss).
- D64.89
- This ICD-10 code stands for Other specified anemias. Not every type of anemia has a specific ICD-10 code like the ones mentioned above, so this ICD-10 code is meant to be used when a patient is confirmed to have a type of anemia that doesn’t have a specific ICD-10 code, with normocytic anemia being one of them.
- D64.9
- This ICD-10 code stands for Anemia, unspecified. Just like D50.9, it’s an unspecified code. In this case, it’s for patients who have anemia, but it is currently unknown what kind of anemia they have and the cause. If you manage to get better information, use another code instead. Until then, this should suffice.
