D56.9 Thalassemia, unspecified

Coding Notes

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Applicable To

Mediterranean anemia (with other hemoglobinopathy)

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Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
Mediterranean (with other hemoglobinopathy) D56.9
microelliptopoikilocytic (Rietti-Greppi- Micheli) D56.9
Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
in (due to)
Disease, diseased See also Syndrome
hemoglobin or Hb
H (Hb-H) (thalassemia) D56.0
Thalassemia (anemia) (disease) D56.9

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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
D56.9 Thalassemia, unspecified
Applicable to
Mediterranean anemia (with other hemoglobinopathy)