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Other complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection, initial encounter. T80.89XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
 
I'm not sure I'd agree with the previous post - "transfusion dependent" does not signify that the anemia was a complication following transfusion but rather that the patient's condition requires transfusion (similarly, "insulin dependent diabetes" is not diabetes caused by insulin). I would code just for anemia - the transfusion dependence status is a qualifier that I don't think would be captured in ICD-10.
 
It may need a query as to try to determine what is causing the anemia (if known) that caused the need for transfusion as a treatment.
 
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