Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 205.8
Other myeloid leukemia
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 205.8 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A disorder in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue
  • A partial or complete replacement of the bone marrow stroma by fibrous tissue. It can be a primary bone marrow lesion as part of the chronic myeloproliferative disorders (chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis), a manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia (acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis), or a secondary phenomenon due to bone marrow involvement by a metastatic tumor (e.g., metastatic breast carcinoma)
  • Replacement of the bone marrow by fibrous tissue, occurring in association with a myeloproliferative disorder or secondary to another unrelated condition
Applies To
  • Aleukemic leukemia:
    • granulocytic
    • myelogenous
    • myeloid
  • Aleukemic myelosis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 205.8:
  • Leukemia, leukemic (congenital) (M9800/3) 208.9
    • aleukemic NEC (M9804/3) 208.8
      • granulocytic (M9864/3) 205.8
    • granulocytic (M9860/3) 205.9
      • acute (M9861/3) 205.0
      • aleukemic (M9864/3) 205.8
      • blastic (M9861/3) 205.0
      • chronic (M9863/3) 205.1
      • subacute (M9862/3) 205.2
      • subleukemic (M9864/3) 205.8
    • myelogenous (M9860/3) 205.9
      • acute (M9861/3) 205.0
      • aleukemic (M9864/3) 205.8
      • chronic (M9863/3) 205.1
      • monocytoid (M9863/3) 205.1
      • subacute (M9862/3) 205.2
      • subleukemic (M9864) 205.8
    • myeloid (M9860/3) 205.9
      • acute (M9861/3) 205.0
      • aleukemic (M9864/3) 205.8
      • chronic (M9863/3) 205.1
      • subacute (M9862/3) 205.2
      • subleukemic (M9864/3) 205.8
  • Myelosis (M9860/3) (see also Leukemia, myeloid) 205.9
    • aleukemic (M9864/3) 205.8
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