Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)

ICD-10 codes D50-D53 are used to classify various nutritional anemias, conditions where anemia arises due to deficiencies in key nutrients like iron, vitamin B12, folate, or protein.

This range includes iron deficiency anemias (D50), which cover common causes such as chronic blood loss, dietary insufficiencies, and malabsorption issues. Synonyms like "Plummer-Vinson syndrome" (D50.1) and "post gastrectomy iron deficiency anemia" (D50.8) help identify specific clinical scenarios. The vitamin B12 deficiency anemias (D51) include pernicious anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency (D51.0) and deficiencies caused by dietary lack or malabsorption, with terms like "vegan’s anemia" linked to code D51.3. Codes for folate deficiency anemia (D52) address nutritional causes as well as drug-induced forms (D52.1), often associated with megaloblastic anemia. Finally, other nutritional anemias (D53) cover protein deficiency (D53.0), scurvy-related anemia (D53.2), and a variety of less common nutritional causes like copper or vitamin E deficiency (D53.8). This range aids coders in precisely documenting the type and cause of anemia due to nutrient deficiencies.