281.9 - Unspecified Deficiency Anemia
The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified deficiency anemia is listed as 281.9.
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: | 281.9 |
| Long Description: | Unspecified deficiency anemia |
| Short Description: | Deficiency anemia NOS |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Blood And Blood-Forming Organs |
| Block: | Other deficiency anemias (281-281) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | D53.9 - Nutritional anemia, unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 281.9: | |
| 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 | |
| 281.8 - Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency | |