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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 281
Other deficiency anemias
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 7 ICD-9-CM codes below 281 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A decrease in red blood cells that occurs when the body cannot absorb vitamin b12
  • A megaloblastic anemia occurring in children but more commonly in later life, characterized by histamine-fast achlorhydria, in which the laboratory and clinical manifestations are based on malabsorption of vitamin b 12 due to a failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete adequate and potent intrinsic factor. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  • A type of anemia (low red blood cell count) caused by the body's inability to absorb vitamin b12
  • Anemia due to poor intestinal absorption of vitamin b12 caused by defective production of intrinsic factor (a carrier protein) by the gastric mucosa
  • Megaloblastic anemia caused by vitamin b-12 deficiency due to impaired absorption. The impaired absorption of vitamin b-12 is secondary to atrophic gastritis and loss of gastric parietal cells
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