D50.0 vs D62
D50.0 and D62 can never be reported together. ICD-10-CM declares them mutually exclusive with an Excludes1 note, meaning the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient — so exactly one of them is correct for any given encounter. The distinction is acute vs chronic.
The official note, declared on D50.0
acute posthemorrhagic anemia (D62)
D50.0
Iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss (chronic)
Billable
- Chapter 3
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Section
- D50-D53
Use when the record says
- Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)
Indexed under
- Normocytic anemia (infectional) due to blood loss (chronic)
- Posthemorrhagic anemia (chronic)
- Anemia › blood loss (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)
- Anemia › factitious (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)
- Anemia › hemorrhagic (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)
D62
Acute posthemorrhagic anemia
Billable
- Chapter 3
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Section
- D60-D64
Indexed under
- Normocytic anemia › acute (infectional) due to blood loss (chronic)
- Posthemorrhagic anemia › acute (chronic)
- Anemia › blood loss › acute (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)
- Anemia › hemorrhagic › acute (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)
- Anemia › posthemorrhagic › acute (essential) (general) (hemoglobin deficiency) (infantile) (primary) (profound)
Excludes1 is not always absolute: where two conditions covered by the note are genuinely unrelated, CMS guidance permits reporting both. Document the reasoning rather than assuming it. More on Excludes1 vs Excludes2 · FY2027