R71Abnormality of red blood cells
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- anemias (D50-D64)
- anemia of premature infant (P61.2)
- benign (familial) polycythemia (D75.0)
- congenital anemias (P61.2-P61.4)
- newborn anemia due to isoimmunization (P55.-)
- polycythemia neonatorum (P61.1)
- polycythemia NOS (D75.1)
- polycythemia vera (D45)
- secondary polycythemia (D75.1)
Subcategories (2)
- R71.0 Precipitous drop in hematocrit
- R71.8 Other abnormality of red blood cells