D56.1 Beta thalassemia

Coding Notes

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Type 1 Excludes

beta thalassemia minor (D56.3)
beta thalassemia trait (D56.3)
delta-beta thalassemia (D56.2)
hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia (D56.5)
sickle-cell beta thalassemia (D57.4-)

Applicable To

Beta thalassemia major
Cooley's anemia
Homozygous beta thalassemia
Severe beta thalassemia
Thalassemia intermedia
Thalassemia major

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Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
Cooley's (erythroblastic) D56.1
erythroblastic
Thalassemia (anemia) (disease) D56.9
beta (severe) D56.1

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Code Title
D50-D89 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
D55-D59 Hemolytic anemias (D55-D59)
D56 Thalassemia
D56.1 Beta thalassemia
Type 1 Excludes
beta thalassemia minor (D56.3)
beta thalassemia trait (D56.3)
delta-beta thalassemia (D56.2)
hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia (D56.5)
sickle-cell beta thalassemia (D57.4-)

Applicable to
Beta thalassemia major
Cooley's anemia
Homozygous beta thalassemia
Severe beta thalassemia
Thalassemia intermedia
Thalassemia major