ICD-10-CM › D50-D89 › D55-D59 › D57.4 Sickle-cell thalassemia › D57.43

D57.43

Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis

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, FY2021 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • D57.431 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with acute chest syndrome
  • D57.432 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with splenic sequestration
  • D57.433 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with cerebral vascular involvement
  • D57.434 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with dactylitis
  • D57.438 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis with other specified complication
  • D57.439 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

  1. FY2021 Added to the code set Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis

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
D57.40 Sickle-cell thalassemia without crisis Valid
D57.41 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with crisis Not billable
D57.42 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero without crisis Valid
D57.44 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus without crisis Valid
D57.45 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with crisis Not billable