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V78.2 - Screening For Sickle-cell Disease Or Trait


The ICD 9 Code for Screening for sickle-cell disease or trait is listed as V78.2.
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: V78.2
Long Description: Screening for sickle-cell disease or trait
Short Description: Screen-sickle cell dis
Chapter: Supplementary Classification Of Factors Influencing Health Status And Contact With Health Services
Block: Persons Without Reported Diagnosis Encountered During Examination And Investigation Of Individuals And Populations (V70-V82)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: Z13.0 - Encounter for screening for diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V78.2:
V78.0 - Screening for iron deficiency anemia
V78.1 - Screening for other and unspecified deficiency anemia
V78.3 - Screening for other hemoglobinopathies
V78.8 - Screening for other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs
V78.9 - Screening for unspecified disorder of blood and blood-forming organs