Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 280.9
Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 280.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 280.9 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 280.9 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D50.9 Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anemia, iron deficiency
  • Anemia, microcytic
  • Anemia, microcytic, hypochromic
  • Anemia, microcytic, normochromic
  • Anemia, normocytic, hypochromic
  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy
  • Maternal anemia, iron deficiency, antepartum
  • Maternal anemia, iron deficiency, before birth
  • Microcytic anemia
  • Microcytic hypochromic anemia
  • Microcytic normochromic anemia
  • Normocytic hypochromic anemia
Clinical Information
  • Anemia caused by low iron intake, inefficient iron absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, or chronic blood loss
  • 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
Applies To
  • Anemia:
    • achlorhydric
    • chlorotic
    • idiopathic hypochromic
    • iron [Fe] deficiency NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 280.9:
  • Achlorhydria, achlorhydric 536.0
    • anemia 280.9
  • Anemia 285.9
    • with
      • disorder of
        • anaerobic glycolysis 282.3
        • pentose phosphate pathway 282.2
      • koilonychia 280.9
    • achlorhydric 280.9
    • asiderotic 280.9
    • chlorotic 280.9
    • due to
      • antineoplastic chemotherapy 285.3
      • blood loss (chronic) 280.0
      • chemotherapy, antineoplastic 285.3
      • defect of Embden-Meyerhof pathway glycolysis 282.3
      • disorder of glutathione metabolism 282.2
      • drug - see Anemia, by type (see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals)
        • chemotherapy, antineoplastic 285.3
      • fetal blood loss 776.5
      • fish tapeworm (D. latum) infestation 123.4
      • glutathione metabolism disorder 282.2
      • hemorrhage (chronic) 280.0
      • hexose monophosphate (HMP) shunt deficiency 282.2
      • impaired absorption 280.9
      • loss of blood (chronic) 280.0
      • myxedema 244.9
      • Necator americanus 126.1
      • prematurity 776.6
      • selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria 281.1
    • Faber's (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
    • hypochromic (idiopathic) (microcytic) (normoblastic) 280.9
    • iron (Fe) deficiency 280.9
    • microcytic (hypochromic) 280.9
    • nutritional (deficiency) 281.9
      • with
        • poor iron absorption 280.9
        • specified deficiency NEC 281.8
      • due to inadequate dietary iron intake 280.1
      • megaloblastic (of infancy) 281.2
    • sideropenic 280.9
    • Witts' (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
  • Chlorosis 280.9
    • Egyptian (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
    • miners' (see also Ancylostomiasis) 126.9
  • Chlorotic anemia 280.9
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • iron, anemia 280.9
  • Faber's anemia or syndrome (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
  • Green sickness 280.9
  • Hayem-Faber syndrome (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
  • Hypochromasia blood cells 280.9
  • Hypochromic anemia 280.9
    • microcytic 280.9
  • Hypoferremia 280.9
    • due to blood loss (chronic) 280.0
  • Hyposiderinemia 280.9
  • Iron
    • deficiency anemia 280.9
  • Sickness
    • green 280.9
  • Sideropenia (see also Anemia, iron deficiency) 280.9
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Faber's (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
    • Hayem-Faber (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
  • Witts' anemia (achlorhydric anemia) 280.9
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