Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 208.1
Leukemia of unspecified cell type chronic
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 208.1 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • (krahn-ik) a slowly progressing cancer of the blood-forming tissues
  • A slowly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissues such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream
  • A slowly progressing leukemia characterized by a clonal (malignant) proliferation of maturing and mature myeloid cells or mature lymphocytes. When the clonal cellular population is composed of myeloid cells, the process is called chronic myelogenous leukemia. When the clonal cellular population is composed of lymphocytes, it is classified as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hairy cell leukemia, or t-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia
  • Leukemia in which the involved cell is well differentiated, usually b-lymphocytes, but immunologically incompetent; types distinguished include chronic granulocytic, chronic lymphocytic, chronic myelomonocytic, eosinophilic and hairy cell leukemia
Applies To
  • Chronic leukemia NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 208.1:
  • Leukemia, leukemic (congenital) (M9800/3) 208.9
    • chronic NEC (M9803/3) 208.1
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