D51.0

Applicable To

• Addison anemia

• Biermer anemia

• Pernicious congenital) anemia

• Congenital intrinsic factor deficiency

Approximate Synonyms

• Anemia, pernicious

• Pernicious anemia

Clinical Information

• A decrease in red blood cells that occurs when the body cannot absorb vitamin b12

• A megaloblastic anemia occurring in children but more commonly in later life, characterized by histamine-fast achlorhydria, in which the laboratory and clinical manifestations are based on malabsorption of vitamin b 12 due to a failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete adequate and potent intrinsic factor. Dorland, 27th ed)

• A type of anemia low red blood cell count) caused by the body’s inability to absorb vitamin b12.

• Anemia due to poor intestinal absorption of vitamin b12 caused by defective production of intrinsic factor a carrier protein) by the gastric mucosa.

• Megaloblastic anemia caused by vitamin b-12 deficiency due to impaired absorption. The impaired absorption of vitamin b-12 is secondary to atrophic gastritis and loss of gastric parietal cells.

Details

• D51.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• Short description: Vitamin B12 defic anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM D51.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D51.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 D51.0 may differ.