D52

Non-Billable

ChapterD50–D89

Rankcategory

Official Description

Folate deficiency anemia

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 3: Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs (D50-D89).

CH3 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)

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

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

folate deficiency without anemia (E53.8)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH3Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)

D50-D53Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)

D52Folate deficiency anemia

D52.0Dietary folate deficiency anemia

D52.1Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia

D52.8Other folate deficiency anemias

D52.9Folate deficiency anemia, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to D52:

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 D52. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

17 raw paths

Anemia (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)17 unique routes

deficiency(6 variants)

folate→D52(3 variants)

dietary→D52

drug-induced→D52

folic acid→D52(3 variants)

dietary→D52

drug-induced→D52

due to (in) (with)(3 variants)

deficiency(3 variants)

folate (folic acid)→D52(3 variants)