D61.81
Header — not billablePancytopenia
The ICD-10 code for pancytopenia is D61.81.
D61.81 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) aplastic anemia (D61.9)
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) bone marrow infiltration (D61.82)
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) congenital (pure) red cell aplasia (D61.01)
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) hairy cell leukemia (C91.4-)
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) human immunodeficiency virus disease (B20.-)
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) leukoerythroblastic anemia (D61.82)
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) myeloproliferative disease (D47.1)
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- pancytopenia (due to) (with) myelodysplastic syndromes (D46.-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- D61.82Myelophthisis
- D61.89Other specified aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes
- D61.81Pancytopenianon-billable header