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D50.8 - Other iron deficiency anemias


The ICD 10 Code for Other iron deficiency anemias is listed as D50.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: D50.8
Description: Other iron deficiency anemias
  • Iron deficiency anemia due to inadequate dietary iron intake
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
811 - Red Blood Cell Disorders W Mcc
812 - Red Blood Cell Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
Block Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
Parent D50 - Iron deficiency anemia
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 280.1 - Iron deficiency anemia secondary to inadequate dietary iron intake (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 280.8 - Other specified iron deficiency anemias (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of D50.8:
D50.0 - Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)
D50.1 - Sideropenic dysphagia
D50.9 - Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified