Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 287.5. Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 287.5. The Short Description Is: Thrombocytopenia NOS.
The new codes now differentiate between unspecified primary thrombocytopenia (287.30), immune thrombocytopenic purpura (287.31), Evans' syndrome (287.32), congenital and hereditary thrombocytopenic purpura (287.33), and other primary thrombocytopenia (287.39). Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP): ITP is a disorder of the blood.
ICD-9-CM 287.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 287.5 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
Thrombocytopenia is a disorder where there is an abnormally low count of platelets in the blood, which help the blood clot. This can be a result of immune system disorders. Symptoms of thrombocytopenia are easy bruising, prolonged bleeding, blood in urine, heavy menstrual flow, and superficial bleeding into the skin.
Qualitative platelet disorder. Clinical Information. A congenital bleeding disorder with prolonged bleeding time, absence of aggregation of platelets in response to most agents, especially adp, and impaired or absent clot retraction.
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as D69.1. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.