ICD 9 Code for Chronic Leukopenia

Leukopenia, also known as basophilic leukopenia is a condition where a person has an abnormally low white blood cell count and has a direct affect on the body’s immune system. There are several other terms that describe this condition such as decreased blood eosinophil number, eosinopenia,, granulocyte count below reference range, monocytopenia, and plasmacytopenia.

The most dangerous thing that is associated with this disease is that it affects the body’s ability to fight infections. A person effected with a leucopenia have a tremendous decrease in the number of total white blood cells (leukocytes) found in blood. It is also known as leukocytopenia. The normal total white cell count is 5000-10000 per cubic millimeter. If the total white cell count drops below 3,500 per cubic millimeter in the blood, the person is said to be suffering from leucopenia. 

There may be different causes  that leads towards leucopenia. Common causes include viral infections that disrupt bone marrow function, certain prescription drugs that destroy white blood cells, cancers, or autoimmune disorders. While the common effect of this disease is, the person’s ability to fight infections and diseases become low as white blood cells provide natural defense against infections.

ICD 9 Code for Chronic Leukopenia

There may be several different codes for leucopenia, depends on the causes. Here you can find two examples in which two different codes has been formulated based on clinical information.

ICD-10-CM: 288.50 

ICD-10-CM: 288.50  is used when according to clinical information, there exists a condition in which the number of leukocytes (white blood cells) in the blood is reduced or in other words, there is reduction in the number of leukocytes in the blood, the count being 5000 per cubic millimeter or less.

Different terms such as Leukopenia, Leukopenia (decreased white blood cells in blood), Leukopenia not chemotherapy or radiation related or Leukopenia, not chemotherapy or radiation can be used to describe such condition. This ICD-10-CM code applies to following:

• Decreased leukocytes, unspecified
• Decreased white blood cell count, unspecified
• Leukopenia NOS

ICD-9-CM

While converting the above mentioned ICD-10-CM  into ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM Index entries contain back-references to ICD-10-CM D72.819. It can be explained as follow:

Decrease blood platelets (see also Thrombocytopenia) 287.5

pressure 796.3

injury 958.4

operation 998.00

white cell count 288.50

specified NEC 288.59

leukocytes 288.50

white blood cell count 288.50

Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4

white blood cell 288.9

count 288.9

elevated 288.60

low 288.50

differential 288.9

morphology 288.9

Hypoleukocytosis 288.50

Leukocytopenia 288.50

Leukopenia 288.50

basophilic 288.59

cyclic 288.02

eosinophilic 288.59

familial 288.59

malignant (see also Agranulocytosis) 288.09

periodic 288.02

transitory neonatal 776.7

ICD-10- CM D72.819

According to clinical information, it is a condition in which there is a lower-than-normal number of leukocytes (white blood cells) in the blood.  The  finding should be based on laboratory test results which indicates a decrease in number of white blood cells in a blood specimen. In addition, a  

laboratory test should also indicate a decreased number of white blood cells in the peripheral blood.

ICD -10- CM D72.819 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v32.0):

814 Reticuloendothelial and immunity disorders with mcc

815 Reticuloendothelial and immunity disorders with cc

816 Reticuloendothelial and immunity disorders without cc/mcc

ICD-9-CM

While converting the above mentioned ICD-10-CM  into ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM Index entries contain back-references to ICD-10-CM D72.819. It can be explained as follow:

Decrease (d)

leukocytes D72.819

white blood cell count D72.819

Leukocytopenia D72.819

Leukopenia D72.819

This above mentioned code is applicable to:

• Decreased leukocytes, unspecified
• Leukocytopenia, unspecified
• Leukopenia
• Approximate Synonyms
• Leukopenia (decreased white blood cells in blood)

List of ICD-9 codes 288–289

This list includes the codes which are used for Leukopenia and its related conditions.

 (288) Diseases of white blood cells

(288.0) Leukopenia

(288.1) Functional disorders of polymorphonuclear neutrophils

(288.2) Genetic anomalies of leukocytes

(288.3) Eosinophilia

(288.4) Hemophagocytic syndromes

(288.5) Decreased white blood cell count

(288.50) Leukocytopenia, unspecified

(288.51) Lymphocytopenia

(288.6) Elevated white blood cell count

(288.60) Leukocytosis, unspecified

(288.61) Lymphocytosis (symptomatic)

(288.62) Leukemoid reaction

(288.63) Monocytosis (symptomatic)

(288.64) Plasmacytosis

(288.65) Basophilia

(288.66) Bandemia

(288.8) Other specified disease of white blood cells

(288.9) Abnormal white blood cells, unspec.

(289) Other diseases of blood and blood-forming organs

(289.0) Polycythemia secondary

(289.1) Chronic lymphadenitis

(289.2) Nonspecific mesenteric lymphadenitis

(289.3) Lymphadenitis unspecified except mesenteric

(289.4) Hypersplenism

(289.5) Other diseases of spleen

(289.50) Disease of spleen unspecified

(289.51) Chronic congestive splenomegaly

(289.52) Splenic sequestration

(289.53) Neutropenic splenomegaly

(289.59) Other diseases of spleen

(289.6) Familial polycythemia

(289.7) Methemoglobinemia

(289.8) Other specified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs

(289.81) Primary hypercoagulable state

(289.82) Secondary hypercoagulable state

(289.83) Myelofibrosis

(289.84) Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

(289.89) Other specified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs

(289.9) Unspecified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs