D70-D77 — Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs
ICD-10-CM codes D70-D77 cover other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs, within diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism. The block holds 77 codes across 8 categories, of which 61 are billable and 16 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim.
Risk adjustment in D70-D77
0 codes in this block map to a CMS-HCC, which means the diagnosis carries a risk-adjustment payment when it is documented and coded. Under-coding here is money left on the table; over-coding here is what audits are for.
- HCC 115 Specified Immunodeficiencies and White Blood Cell Disorders
- HCC 19 Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Multiple Myeloma, and Other Cancers
- HCC 112 Immune Thrombocytopenia and Specified Coagulation Defects and Hemorrhagic Conditions
What else to watch in D70-D77
- 56 codes are named in Medicare coverage policies. An LCD or NCD lists them as supporting medical necessity, or explicitly as not supporting it. Which applies depends on the MAC for your state.
Categories in D70-D77
- D70Neutropenia
- D71Functional disorders of polymorphonuclear neutrophils
- D72Other disorders of white blood cells
- D73Diseases of spleen
- D74Methemoglobinemia
- D75Other and unspecified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
- D76Other specified diseases with participation of lymphoreticular and reticulohistiocytic tissue
- D77Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere