1. D52 Folate deficiency anemia

    Excludes1

    • folate deficiency without anemia (E53.8)
    1. D52.0 Dietary folate deficiency anemia

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Nutritional megaloblastic anemia
    2. D52.1 Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia

    3. D52.8 Other folate deficiency anemias

    4. D52.9 Folate deficiency anemia, unspecified

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Folic acid deficiency anemia NOS
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.