D46.20

Applicable To

• RAEB NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Refractory anemia with excess blasts

• Refractory anemia with excess blasts clinical)

Clinical Information

• A myelodysplastic syndrome characterized by the presence of 5-19% myeloblasts in the bone marrow or 2-19% blasts in the peripheral blood. It includes two categories: raeb-1and raeb-2. Cases with significant bone marrow reticulin fibrosis are called raeb with fibrosis.

• Chronic refractory anemia with granulocytopenia, and/or thrombocytopenia. Myeloblasts and progranulocytes constitute 5 to 40 percent of the nucleated marrow cells.

Details

• D46.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM D46.20 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D46.20 – other international versions of ICD-10 D46.20 may differ.