Sickle Cell Anemia ICD 10 Code Overview

Sickle Cell Anemia ICD 10 Code Overview

Use Additional

• code for any associated fever (R50.81)

Type 1 Excludes

• other hemoglobinopathies (D58.-)

Clinical Information

• A blood disorder characterized by the appearance of sickle-shaped red blood cells and anemia.
• A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin s.
• An inherited disease in which the red blood cells have an abnormal crescent shape, block small blood vessels, and do not last as long as normal red blood cells. Sickle cell anemia is caused by a mutation (change) in one of the genes for hemoglobin (the substance inside red blood cells that binds to oxygen and carries it from the lungs to the tissues). It is most common in people of west and central african descent.
• Disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs; the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin s.
• Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which your body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells. The cells are shaped like a crescent or sickle. They don’t last as long as normal, round red blood cells, which leads to anemia. The sickle cells also get stuck in blood vessels, blocking blood flow. This can cause pain and organ damage. A genetic problem causes sickle cell anemia. People with the disease are born with two sickle cell genes, one from each parent. If you only have one sickle cell gene, it’s called sickle cell trait. About 1 in 12 african americans has sickle cell trait. A blood test can show if you have the trait or anemia. Most states test newborn babies as part of their newborn screening programs.

Codes

D57 Sickle-cell disorders

        D57.0 Hb-SS disease with crisis

            D57.00 …… unspecified

            D57.01 Hb-SS disease with acute chest syndrome

            D57.02 Hb-SS disease with splenic sequestration

            D57.03 Hb-SS disease with cerebral vascular involvement

            D57.09 …… with other specified complication

        D57.1 Sickle-cell disease without crisis

        D57.2 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease

            D57.20 …… without crisis

            D57.21 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with crisis

                D57.211 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with acute chest syndrome

                D57.212 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with splenic sequestration

                D57.213 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with cerebral vascular involvement

                D57.218 …… with other specified complication

                D57.219 …… unspecified

        D57.3 Sickle-cell trait

        D57.4 Sickle-cell thalassemia

            D57.40 …… without crisis

            D57.41 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with crisis

                D57.411 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with acute chest syndrome

                D57.412 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with splenic sequestration

                D57.413 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with cerebral vascular involvement

                D57.418 …… with other specified complication

                D57.419 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with crisis

            D57.42 …… beta zero without crisis

            D57.43 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis

                D57.431 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with acute chest syndrome

                D57.432 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with splenic sequestration

                D57.433 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with cerebral vascular involvement

                D57.438 …… with other specified complication

                D57.439 …… unspecified

            D57.44 …… beta plus without crisis

            D57.45 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with crisis

                D57.451 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with acute chest syndrome

                D57.452 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with splenic sequestration

                D57.453 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with cerebral vascular involvement

                D57.458 …… with other specified complication

                D57.459 …… unspecified

        D57.8 Other sickle-cell disorders

            D57.80 …… without crisis

            D57.81 Other sickle-cell disorders with crisis

                D57.811 Other sickle-cell disorders with acute chest syndrome

                D57.812 Other sickle-cell disorders with splenic sequestration

                D57.813 Other sickle-cell disorders with cerebral vascular involvement

                D57.818 …… with other specified complication

                D57.819 …… unspecified

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