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D53.0 - Protein deficiency anemia


The ICD 10 Code for Protein deficiency anemia is listed as D53.0.
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: D53.0
Description: Protein deficiency anemia
  • Amino-acid deficiency anemia
  • Orotaciduric anemia
  • Excludes1: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (E79.1)
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 D53 - Other nutritional anemias
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 281.4 - Protein-deficiency anemia
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of D53.0:
D53.1 - Other megaloblastic anemias, not elsewhere classified
D53.2 - Scorbutic anemia
D53.8 - Other specified nutritional anemias
D53.9 - Nutritional anemia, unspecified