ICD-10-CM · Chapter 3 · D50–D89
D57.3
Sickle-cell trait
Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
Quick facts
- Code
- D57.3
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 3 — Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
- Category
- D57 — Sickle-cell disorders
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM D57.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of sickle-cell trait. 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 D57
- D57Sickle-cell disorders
- D57.0Hb-SS disease with crisis
- D57.00Hb-SS disease with crisis, unspecified
- D57.01Hb-SS disease with acute chest syndrome
- D57.02Hb-SS disease with splenic sequestration
- D57.03Hb-SS disease with cerebral vascular involvement
- D57.04Hb-SS disease with dactylitis
- D57.09Hb-SS disease with crisis with other specified complication
- D57.1Sickle-cell disease without crisis
- D57.2Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease
- D57.20Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
- D57.21Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with crisis
- D57.211Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with acute chest syndrome
- D57.212Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with splenic sequestration
- D57.213Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with cerebral vascular involvement
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