D69.5 — Secondary thrombocytopenia

Not billable

Is D69.5 billable?

No — D69.5 is a non-billable header code. D69.5 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 2 billable codes beneath D69.5.

Billable codes under this header

D69.5 at a glance

Code	D69.5
Description	Secondary thrombocytopenia
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes1 — never code together

The conditions below can never be reported together with D69.5 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) (D75.82-)
transient thrombocytopenia of newborn (P61.0)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from D69

The conditions below can never be reported together with D69.5 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

benign hypergammaglobulinemic purpura (D89.0)
cryoglobulinemic purpura (D89.1)
essential (hemorrhagic) thrombocythemia (D47.3)
hemorrhagic thrombocythemia (D47.3)
purpura fulminans (D65)
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (M31.19)
Waldenström hypergammaglobulinemic purpura (D89.0)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 3

The conditions below are not part of D69.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, D69.5 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)

What codes fall under D69.5? (2)

How long has D69.5 existed?

D69.5 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.

Which codes are confused with D69.5?

ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with D69.5 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.

vs P61.0Transient neonatal thrombocytopenia