AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2019 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Deficiency Without Anemia

Code D75.A, Glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency without anemia, was created for the deficiency in the glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme, without hemolytic anemia. G6PD protects red blood cells against levels of reactive oxygen species molecules that accumulate and damage red blood cells. When there is a deficiency in G6PD, red blood cells are destroyed, by hemolysis. When there is a lack of healthy red blood cells because they are being destroyed faster than they can be replaced by the bone marrow, the result is hemolytic anemia. Common signs and symptoms of hemolytic anemia are jaundice, shortness of breath...

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