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