Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 204.0
Lymphoid leukemia acute
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 204.0 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells called lymphoblasts are found in the blood and bone marrow
  • Acute leukemia in which lymphoblasts and their progenitor cells predominate; the most common childhood cancer and accounts for 20 percent of adult acute leukemia; common all antigen (calla) expressed in most cases
  • Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. It includes the precursor b lymphoblastic leukemia and precursor t lymphoblastic leukemia
204.0 Excludes
  • acute exacerbation of chronic lymphoid leukemia (204.1)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 204.0:
  • Leukemia, leukemic (congenital) (M9800/3) 208.9
    • lymphatic (M9820/3) 204.9
      • acute (M9821/3) 204.0
      • aleukemic (M9824/3) 204.8
      • chronic (M9823/3) 204.1
      • subacute (M9822/3) 204.2
      • subleukemic (M9824/3) 204.8
    • lymphoblastic (M9821/3) 204.0
    • lymphocytic (M9820/3) 204.9
      • acute (M9821/3) 204.0
      • aleukemic (M9824/3) 204.8
      • chronic (M9823/3) 204.1
      • granular
      • subacute (M9822/3) 204.2
      • subleukemic (M9824/3) 204.8
    • lymphoid (M9820/3) 204.9
      • acute (M9821/3) 204.0
      • aleukemic (M9824/3) 204.8
      • blastic (M9821/3) 204.0
      • chronic (M9823/3) 204.1
      • subacute (M9822/3) 204.2
      • subleukemic (M9824/3) 204.8
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