Elevated white blood cell count

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 8 more specific codes instead:

D72.820 Lymphocytosis (symptomatic)
D72.821 Monocytosis (symptomatic)
D72.822 Plasmacytosis
D72.823 Leukemoid reaction
D72.824 Basophilia
D72.825 Bandemia
D72.828 Other elevated white blood cell count
D72.829 Elevated white blood cell count, unspecified

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Elevated 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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D72.81	Decreased white blood cell count	Not billable
D72.89	Other specified disorders of white blood cells	Valid