Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 287.5
Thrombocytopenia, unspecified
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 287.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 287.5 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: 287.5 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D69.6 Thrombocytopenia, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acquired thrombocytopenia
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets)
  • Thrombocytopenia, acquired
  • Thrombocytopenic disorder
Clinical Information
  • A condition in which there is a lower-than-normal number of platelets in the blood. It may result in easy bruising and excessive bleeding from wounds or bleeding in mucous membranes and other tissues
  • A condition in which there is an abnormally small number of platelets in the circulating blood
  • A decrease in the number of platelets in the blood that may result in easy bruising and excessive bleeding from wounds or bleeding in mucous membranes and other tissues
  • A finding based on laboratory test results that indicate a decrease in number of platelets in a blood specimen
  • A subnormal level of blood platelets
  • Decrease in the number of blood platelets
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 287.5:
  • Anemia 285.9
    • thrombocytopenic (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5
  • Decrease, decreased
    • blood
      • platelets (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5
      • pressure 796.3
      • white cell count 288.50
    • platelets (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5
  • Hyperheparinemia (see also Circulating instrinsic anticoagulants) 287.5
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • platelets 287.5
  • Low
    • platelets (blood) (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5
  • Thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenic 287.5
    • with
    • amegakaryocytic, congenital 287.33
    • due to
    • neonatal, transitory 776.1
      • due to
        • exchange transfusion 776.1
        • idiopathic maternal thrombocytopenia 776.1
        • isoimmunization 776.1
    • puerperal, postpartum 666.3
    • purpura (see also Purpura, thrombocytopenic) 287.30
  • Thrombopenia (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5
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