ICD-10-CM › D50-D89 › D70-D77 › D72.81 Decreased white blood cell count › D72.818
Other decreased white blood cell count
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 Other decreased white blood cell count
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 D72 Other disorders of white blood cells
Excludes1 - never coded here
- basophilia (D72.824)
- immunity disorders (D80-D89)
- preleukemia (syndrome) (D46.9)
Excludes2 - not included here
- neutropenia (D70)
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.
- Monocytopenia
- Plasmacytopenia
- Leukopenia > basophilic
- Leukopenia > eosinophilic
- Decrease > leukocytes > specified NEC
- Decrease > white blood cell count > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D72.810 | Lymphocytopenia | Valid |
| D72.819 | Decreased white blood cell count, unspecified | Valid |