ICD-10-CM · Chapter 3 · D50–D89
D72.828
Other elevated white blood cell count
Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
Quick facts
- Code
- D72.828
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 3 — Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
- Category
- D72 — Other disorders of white blood cells
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM D72.828 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other elevated white blood cell count. 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 D72
- D72Other disorders of white blood cells
- D72.0Genetic anomalies of leukocytes
- D72.1Eosinophilia
- D72.10Eosinophilia, unspecified
- D72.11Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES]
- D72.110Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome [IHES]
- D72.111Lymphocytic Variant Hypereosinophilic Syndrome [LHES]
- D72.118Other hypereosinophilic syndrome
- D72.119Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES], unspecified
- D72.12Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome
- D72.18Eosinophilia in diseases classified elsewhere
- D72.19Other eosinophilia
- D72.8Other specified disorders of white blood cells
- D72.81Decreased white blood cell count
- D72.810Lymphocytopenia
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