D53.2

Scorbutic anemia

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 10 never code together

Excludes1

Excludes2

autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9)M35.9
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)P00-P96
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)B20
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 1

D53code

Includes

Index entries leading here 3

Scorbutus, scorbutic — see also Scurvy
- anemia D53.2
Scurvy, scorbutic E54
- anemia D53.2
Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound) D64.9
- scorbutic D53.2

Alongside this code 4 same parent — D53

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

Present FY2024–FY2027.