D56.5
Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 18 never code together
D56.5code
Excludes1
- beta thalassemia (D56.1)D56.1D56.1
- beta thalassemia minor (D56.3)D56.3D56.3
- beta thalassemia trait (D56.3)D56.3D56.3
- delta-beta thalassemia (D56.2)D56.2D56.2
- delta-beta thalassemia trait (D56.3)D56.3D56.3
- hemoglobin E disease (D58.2)D58.2D58.2
- other hemoglobinopathies (D58.2)D58.2D58.2
- sickle-cell beta thalassemia (D57.4-)D57.4-D57.4-
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
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Index entries leading here 3
Alongside this code 7 same parent — D56
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