AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Fourth Quarter; Volumes 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED DIAGNOSIS CODES

Anemia in Chronic Illness

For patients with chronic illnesses, anemia due to the chronic illness is often the cause for the healthcare encounter. Treatment may be directed solely at the anemia, not the underlying condition. A specific code for this type of anemia has not previously existed. A new subcategory, 285.2, Anemia in chronic illness, has been created with three new codes. These codes are: 285.21, Anemia in end-stage renal disease, 285.22, Anemia in neoplastic disease, and code 285.29, Anemia of other chronic illness. These new codes may be used as either principal diagnosis when it is the anemia...

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