D57.811 — Other sickle-cell disorders with acute chest syndrome

BillableMCC

Is D57.811 billable?

Yes — D57.811 is billable for FY2027. D57.811 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. D57.811 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

D57.811 at a glance

Code	D57.811
Description	Other sickle-cell disorders with acute chest syndrome
Billable	Yes
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does D57.811 group to?

D57.811 sits in MDC 16 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

811Red Blood Cell Disorders with MCCmedical
812Red Blood Cell Disorders without MCCmedical

As a secondary diagnosis, D57.811 is a major complication or comorbidity (MCC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is D57.811 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to D57.811. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Disease, diseased › sickle-cell › Hb-SD › with › acute chest syndrome
Disease, diseased › sickle-cell › Hb-SE › with › acute chest syndrome
Disease, diseased › sickle-cell › specified NEC › with › acute chest syndrome
Disease, diseased › sickle-cell › spherocytosis › with › acute chest syndrome

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from D57

The conditions below can never be reported together with D57.811 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

other hemoglobinopathies (D58.-)

Use additional code — inherited from D57

Report an additional code alongside D57.811 to fully describe the condition. D57.811 is sequenced first.

code for any associated fever (R50.81)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 3

The conditions below are not part of D57.811, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, D57.811 and the excluded code may both be reported.

autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

How long has D57.811 existed?

D57.811 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.