D61.0

Constitutional aplastic anemia

FY2027Chapter 3: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism/D60–D64 Aplastic and other anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

D61.0 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for constitutional aplastic anemia. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are D61.01 Constitutional (pure) red blood cell aplasia, D61.02 Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, D61.03 Fanconi anemia and D61.09 Other constitutional aplastic anemia. Its coding notes include 10 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from D61 Other aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes
Also from chapter/block level (9 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 3 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
  • 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)

More specific codes under D61.0 4