ICD-10-CM · Chapter 3 · D50–D89
D51.8
Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias
Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
Quick facts
- Code
- D51.8
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 3 — Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
- Category
- D51 — Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM D51.8 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other vitamin b12 deficiency anemias. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in D51
- D51Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
- D51.0Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency
- D51.1Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria
- D51.2Transcobalamin II deficiency
- D51.3Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
- D51.9Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified
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