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D46.2

Refractory anemia with excess of blasts [RAEB]

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • D46.20 Refractory anemia with excess of blasts, unspecified
  • D46.21 Refractory anemia with excess of blasts 1
  • D46.22 Refractory anemia with excess of blasts 2

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Refractory anemia with excess of blasts
  2. FY2017 Description revised Refractory anemia with excess of blasts Refractory anemia with excess of blasts [RAEB]

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from D46 Myelodysplastic syndromes

Excludes2 - not included here

  • drug-induced aplastic anemia (D61.1)

Use additional code

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Inherited from the D37-D48 section Neoplasms of uncertain behavior, polycythemia vera and myelodysplastic syndromes (D37-D48)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • neoplasms of unspecified behavior (D49.-)

Note

  • Categories D37-D44, and D48 classify by site neoplasms of uncertain behavior, i.e., histologic confirmation whether the neoplasm is malignant or benign cannot be made.

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
D46.0 Refractory anemia without ring sideroblasts, so stated Valid
D46.1 Refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts Valid
D46.4 Refractory anemia, unspecified Valid
D46.9 Myelodysplastic syndrome, unspecified Valid
D46.A Refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia Valid
D46.B Refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia and ring sideroblasts Valid
D46.C Myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(5q) chromosomal abnormality Valid
D46.Z Other myelodysplastic syndromes Valid