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D51.9 - Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified is listed as D51.9.
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: D51.9
Description: Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified
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 D51 - Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 281.1 - Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of D51.9:
D51.0 - Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency
D51.1 - Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria
D51.2 - Transcobalamin II deficiency
D51.3 - Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
D51.8 - Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias