ICD-10-CM › D50-D89 › D55-D59 › D57 Sickle-cell disorders › D57.3
Sickle-cell trait
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Sickle-cell trait
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 D57 Sickle-cell disorders
Excludes1 - never coded here
- other hemoglobinopathies (D58.-)
Use additional code
- code for any associated fever (R50.81)
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.
- Hb > trait
- Ovalocytosis
- Anemia > ovalocytosis
- Anemia > elliptocytosis
- Erythrocytosis > oval, hereditary
- Trait > Hb-S
- Sicklemia > trait
- Sickle-cell > trait
- Trait > sickle-cell
- Trait > hemoglobin > S
- Hemoglobin > AS genotype
- Hemoglobin > S, heterozygous
- Disorder > sickle-cell > trait
- Elliptocytosis > sickle-cell > trait
- Disorder > sickle-cell > heterozygous
- Disease, diseased > hemoglobin or Hb > AS genotype
- Trait > sickle-cell > with elliptocytosis or spherocytosis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D57.0 | Hb-SS disease with crisis | Not billable |
| D57.1 | Sickle-cell disease without crisis | Valid |
| D57.2 | Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease | Not billable |
| D57.4 | Sickle-cell thalassemia | Not billable |
| D57.8 | Other sickle-cell disorders | Not billable |