D50.0

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ChapterD50–D89
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Official Description

Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 3: Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs (D50-D89).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • acute posthemorrhagic anemia (D62)
  • congenital anemia from fetal blood loss (P61.3)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH3Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
D50-D53Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
D50Iron deficiency anemia
D50.0Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to D50.0:

categoryD50
Iron deficiency anemia
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chapterCH3
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to D50.0. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

20 raw paths
Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)17 unique routes
blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
chronic
blood loss→D50.0
deficiency
iron
secondary to blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
due to (in) (with)(3 variants)
blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
hemorrhage (chronic)→D50.0
loss of blood (chronic)→D50.0
factitious (self-induced blood letting)→D50.0
hemorrhagic (chronic)→D50.0
hypochromic (idiopathic) (microcytic) (normoblastic)
due to blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
iron deficiency
secondary to blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
microcytic (hypochromic)
due to blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
normocytic (infectional)
due to blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
posthemorrhagic (chronic)→D50.0
postoperative (postprocedural)
due to (acute) blood loss
chronic blood loss→D50.0
secondary to(2 variants)
blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
hemorrhage (chronic)→D50.0
sideropenic (refractory)
due to blood loss (chronic)→D50.0
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)1 unique routes
anemia (chronic)→D50.0
Normocytic anemia (infectional) due to blood loss (chronic)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→D50.0
Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→D50.0

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 811
Red Blood Cell Disorders with MCC
DRG 812
Red Blood Cell Disorders without MCC

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