ICD-10-CM Code D72.819

Valid for Submission

D72.819 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of decreased white blood cell count, unspecified. The code is valid for the fiscal year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code D72.819 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like decreased blood leukocyte number or leukopenia or white blood cell number - finding.

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code D72.819:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• Decreased leukocytes, unspecified
• Leukocytopenia, unspecified
• Leukopenia

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

• malignant leukopenia D70.9

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code D72.819 are found in the index:

• - Decrease (d)
  • - leukocytes - D72.819
  • - white blood cell count - D72.819

• - Leukocytopenia - D72.819

• - Leukopenia - D72.819

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Decreased blood leukocyte number
• Leukopenia
• White blood cell number - finding

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code D72.819 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

• 814 - RETICULOENDOTHELIAL AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS WITH MCC
• 815 - RETICULOENDOTHELIAL AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS WITH CC
• 816 - RETICULOENDOTHELIAL AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert D72.819 to ICD-9

• 288.50 - Leukocytopenia NOS (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
  • Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs (D70-D77)
    • Other disorders of white blood cells (D72)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
• FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021

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