2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of Blood And Blood-Forming Organs 280-289 > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 280 Iron deficiency anemias View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 280 Anemia characterized by decreased or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, and low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit value. The erythrocytes are hypochromic and microcytic and the iron binding capacity is increased. 280 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis 280 Includes anemia: asiderotic hypochromic-microcytic sideropenic 280 Excludes familial microcytic anemia (282.49)