D56.1 - Beta thalassemia

Code

D56.1 - Beta thalassemia
[Billable]

Includes

  • Beta thalassemia major
  • Cooley's anemia
  • Homozygous beta thalassemia
  • Severe beta thalassemia
  • Thalassemia intermedia
  • Thalassemia major

Not Coded Here

  • beta thalassemia minor (D56.3)
  • beta thalassemia trait (D56.3)
  • delta-beta thalassemia (D56.2)
  • hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia (D56.5)
  • sickle-cell beta thalassemia (D57.4-)

Code Tree

D50-D89 - Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
  • D55-D59 - Hemolytic anemias
    • D56 - Thalassemia
      • D56.0 - Alpha thalassemia
      • D56.1 - Beta thalassemia
      • D56.2 - Delta-beta thalassemia
      • D56.3 - Thalassemia minor
      • D56.4 - Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin [HPFH]
      • D56.5 - Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
      • D56.8 - Other thalassemias
      • D56.9 - Thalassemia, unspecified