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281.8 - Anemia Associated With Other Specified Nutritional Deficiency


The ICD 9 Code for Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency is listed as 281.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 281.8
Long Description: Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency
Short Description: Nutritional anemia NEC
Chapter: Diseases Of The Blood And Blood-Forming Organs
Block: Other deficiency anemias (281-281)
Related Descriptions: Anemia due to copper
Anemia due to copper deficiency
Anemia due to niacin deficiency
Anemia due to pantothenic deficiency
Anemia due to riboflavin deficiency
Anemia due to starvation
Anemia due to vitamin A deficiency
Anemia due to vitamin B>6< deficiency
Anemia due to vitamin E deficiency
Anemia due to zinc deficiency
Megaloblastic anemia due to dietary causes
Vitamin C deficiency anemia
Vitamin E deficiency anemia
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: D53.2 - Scorbutic anemia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: D53.8 - Other specified nutritional anemias (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 281.8:
281.0 - Pernicious anemia
281.1 - Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
281.2 - Folate-deficiency anemia
281.3 - Other specified megaloblastic anemias not elsewhere classified
281.4 - Protein-deficiency anemia
281.9 - Unspecified deficiency anemia