2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 281.9
Unspecified deficiency anemia
- Short description: Deficiency anemia NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 281.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 281.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 281.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 281.9: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
281.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D53.9 Nutritional anemia, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Acute megaloblastic anemia
- Anemia chronic
- Anemia, acrostic
- Anemia, chronic
- Anemia, macrocytic
- Anemia, megaloblastic
- Anemia, megaloblastic, acute
- Anemia, nutritional
- Anemia, simple, chronic
- Chronic anemia
- Macrocytic anemia
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Nutritional anemia
- Simple chronic anemia
Applies To
- Anemia:
- dimorphic
- macrocytic
- megaloblastic NOS
- nutritional NOS
- simple chronic
deficiency 281.9
specified NEC 280.8
