Acute posthemorrhagic anemia
In Aplastic and other anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes (D60-D64), chapter 3: Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs
- D62 is billable and valid on claims for FY 2027. If the record has more detail, check the other codes under D60-D64 below.
- As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can raise the MS-DRG payment. It doesn't count when the principal diagnosis is one of 111 closely related codes.
- Doesn't count toward a Medicare Advantage risk score (no HCC in V28).
- AHRQ's Chronic Condition Indicator classes it as not chronic (an acute or short-term condition).
- 807 US deaths in 2024 had an underlying cause in category D62, per the National Vital Statistics System on CDC WONDER. Death records use WHO ICD-10, so the count is for the whole category.
Also indexed as: Anemia, blood loss, acute; Anemia, due to, blood loss, acute; Anemia, due to, hemorrhage, acute; Anemia, due to, loss of blood, acute; Anemia, hemorrhagic, acute; Anemia, hypochromic, due to blood loss, acute; Anemia, iron deficiency, secondary to blood loss, acute; Anemia, microcytic, due to blood loss, acute; Anemia, normocytic, due to blood loss, acute; Anemia, posthemorrhagic, acute; Anemia, postoperative, due to blood loss; Anemia, secondary to, blood loss, acute; Anemia, secondary to, hemorrhage, acute; Anemia, sideropenic, due to blood loss, acute; Hemorrhage, anemia, acute; Normocytic anemia due to blood loss, acute; Posthemorrhagic anemia, acute
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Instructional notes
Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
There are no chapter-specific rules for Chapter 3 yet, so the general rules in Section I.B apply.
Other codes under D60-D64
Aplastic and other anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes (D60-D64)
D62 MS-DRGs
As the principal diagnosis, D62 groups to MS-DRG 791, 793, 811, or 812 (v44.0). Which one applies depends on procedures performed, secondary diagnoses (CC/MCC), and the patient's age and discharge status.
Related conditions
Grouped by AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), which sorts every diagnosis code into clinically meaningful categories.
D62 is in Acute posthemorrhagic anemia (BLD004, its default category), with 1 code.
Medicare coverage articles listing D62
These 7 Medicare billing and coding articles list D62 as a diagnosis that supports medical necessity for the services they cover. From the CMS Medicare Coverage Database; check your own contractor's article before billing.
Other codes that refer to D62
Notes on these codes point to D62.
- D50.0 Excludes1: acute posthemorrhagic anemia (D62)
About the condition
Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.
Anemia
If you have anemia, your blood does not carry enough oxygen to the rest of your body. The most common cause of anemia is not having enough iron. Your body needs iron to make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein that gives the red color to blood. It carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
Read more about anemia on MedlinePlusCode history
Valid since FY2016, when ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. No changes since.
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Legacy crosswalk from the CMS General Equivalence Mappings (last updated 2018).
- 285.1 Acute posthemorrhagic anemia