ICD-10-CM · Chapter 3 · D50–D89
D57.451
Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with acute chest syndrome
Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
Quick facts
- Code
- D57.451
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 3 — Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
- Category
- D57 — Sickle-cell disorders
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM D57.451 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with acute chest syndrome. 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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