282.43 ALPHA THALASSEMIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 282.43

Short Description: Alpha thalassemia

Long Description: Alpha thalassemia

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280–289)
    • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (280-289)
      • 282 Hereditary hemolytic anemias
        • 282.43 Alpha thalassemia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 282.43 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Alpha thalassemia 282.43
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • hemoglobin (Hb) 282.7
      • Bart's 282.43
      • H (Hb-H) 282.43
  • Hemoglobin - see also condition
    • H Constant Spring 282.43
    • H disease 282.43
  • Hydrops 782.3
    • fetal, fetalis or newborn 778.0
      • due to
        • alpha thalassemia 282.43
  • Thalassemia (disease)�� 282.40
    • alpha (major) (severe) (triple gene defect) 282.43
      • silent carrier 282.46

Crosswalk Information

The code 282.43 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
282.43 Right Arrow D56.0 Alpha thalassemia
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
282.0 Hereditary spherocytosis
282.1 Hereditary elliptocytosis
282.2 Anemias due to disorders of glutathione metabolism
282.3 Other hemolytic anemias due to enzyme deficiency
282.40 Thalassemia, unspecified
282.41 Sickle-cell thalassemia without crisis
282.42 Sickle-cell thalassemia with crisis
282.44 Beta thalassemia
282.45 Delta-beta thalassemia
282.46 Thalassemia minor
282.47 Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
282.49 Other thalassemia
282.5 Sickle-cell trait
282.60 Sickle-cell disease, unspecified
282.61 Hb-SS disease without crisis
282.62 Hb-SS disease with crisis
282.63 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
282.64 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with crisis
282.68 Other sickle-cell disease without crisis
282.69 Other sickle-cell disease with crisis
282.7 Other hemoglobinopathies
282.8 Other specified hereditary hemolytic anemias
282.9 Hereditary hemolytic anemia, unspecified


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