ICD-10-CM · Chapter 3 · D50–D89
D61.81
Pancytopenia
Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
Heads up:this is a parent code. It's typically not directly billable — you need to drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional digits) to use on a claim.
Quick facts
- Code
- D61.81
- Type
- Category / header (non-billable)
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 3 — Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
- Category
- D61 — Other aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM D61.81 is a category (header) for pancytopenia. It is generally not reported directly on a claim — coders drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional characters) that matches the documentation. Use the related codes below to find the billable code that fits, and verify against the annual NCHS/CMS guidelines.
Related codes in D61
- D61Other aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes
- D61.0Constitutional aplastic anemia
- D61.01Constitutional (pure) red blood cell aplasia
- D61.02Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
- D61.03Fanconi anemia
- D61.09Other constitutional aplastic anemia
- D61.1Drug-induced aplastic anemia
- D61.2Aplastic anemia due to other external agents
- D61.3Idiopathic aplastic anemia
- D61.8Other specified aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes
- D61.810Antineoplastic chemotherapy induced pancytopenia
- D61.811Other drug-induced pancytopenia
- D61.818Other pancytopenia
- D61.82Myelophthisis
- D61.89Other specified aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes
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