ICD-10-CM › D50-D89 › D55-D59 › D57 Sickle-cell disorders › D57.4

D57.4

Sickle-cell thalassemia

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • D57.40 Sickle-cell thalassemia without crisis
  • D57.41 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with crisis (also a header)
  • D57.42 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero without crisis
  • D57.43 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis (also a header)
  • D57.44 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus without crisis
  • D57.45 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with crisis (also a header)

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 Sickle-cell thalassemia

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
D57.3 Sickle-cell trait Valid
D57.8 Other sickle-cell disorders Not billable