What is the ICD 10 code for immune thrombocytopenia?

What is the ICD 10 code for immune thrombocytopenia?

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura D69. 3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Is immune thrombocytopenia the same as Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia?

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is an immune disorder in which the blood doesn’t clot normally. This condition is now more commonly referred to as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). ITP can cause excessive bruising and bleeding.

What is chronic immune thrombocytopenia?

Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder in which the patient’s immune system reacts with a platelet autoantigen(s) resulting in thrombocytopenia due to immune-mediated platelet destruction and/or suppression of platelet production.

What is a ITP diagnosis?

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. Platelets are cells in the blood that help stop bleeding. A decrease in platelets can cause easy bruising, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding.

Is pancytopenia the same as thrombocytopenia?

Pancytopenia occurs when you have a combination of three different blood disorders: Anemia is when you have too few red blood cells. Leukopenia is when you have too few white blood cells. Thrombocytopenia is when you have too few platelets.

What infections cause low platelets?

Infections with protozoa, bacteria and viruses can cause thrombocytopenia with or without disseminated intravascular coagulation. Commonly dengue, malaria, scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections, meningococci, leptospira and certain viral infections present as fever with thrombocytopenia.

Is pancytopenia an autoimmune disease?

Pancytopenia is defined as a decrease of all three hematologic cell lines. The condition is not a disease in itself, but a common pathway caused by a multitude of different etiologies that can be infectious, autoimmune genetic, nutritional, and/or malignant.

What is the most common cause of pancytopenia?

Conclusion : This study concluded that most common cause of pancytopenia is Megaloblastic anemia, followed by acute myeloid leukemia and aplastic anemia. Bone marrow examination is a single useful investigation which reveals the underlying cause in patients with pancytopenia.