Basics of Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ICD-10 CM Coding
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare immune disorder. It happens when your body mistakes red blood cells as foreign substances and attacks them.
ICD-10 code D59. 10 for Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range – Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism .
D59.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
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Related Synonyms |Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ICD-10 CM Coding
- Anemia, autoimmune hemolytic
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Chronic cold agglutinin disease
- Cold agglutinin disease, chronic
- Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Drug-induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Hapten type high affinity hemolytic anemia
- Hapten type low affinity hemolytic anemia
- Hemolytic anemia associated with rheumatic disorder
- Hemolytic anemia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
- Hemolytic anemia with systemic lupus erythematosus
- Hemolytic anemia, cold antibody
- Hemolytic anemia, drug induced autoimmune
- Hemolytic anemia, due to warm antibody
- Hemolytic anemia, high affinity hapten
- Hemolytic anemia, low affinity hapten
- Hemolytic anemia, rheumatic disease
- Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ICD-10 CM Coding
The 2021 ICD-10-CM update added five new codes for autoimmune hemolytic anemia:
- D59.10, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, unspecified
- D59.11, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- D59.12, cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- D59.13, mixed type autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- D59.19, other autoimmune hemolytic anemia
All of these new codes are complications or comorbidities.