AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2020 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Hypereosinophilic Syndromes and Other Eosinophil Diseases

Code D72.1, Eosinophilia, was expanded and the following codes were created for hypereosinophilic syndromes and other eosinophil diseases.D72.10 Eosinophilia, unspecified D72.110 Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome [IHES] D72.111 Lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome [LHES] D72.118 Other hypereosinophilic syndrome D72.119 Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES], unspecified D72.12 Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome D72.18 Eosinophilia in diseases classified elsewhere D72.19 Other eosinophilia Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) are a clinically and pathogenically distinct group of disorders characterized by a sustained elevated blood eosinophil count and eosinophil-mediated end-organ damage. The associated eosinophil-induced organ damage or tissue...

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