D53.9
Nutritional anemia, unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 4 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 10 never code together
D50-D89chapter
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 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 4 same parent — D53
Additional references
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