ICD-10-CM D72: Other disorders of white blood cells

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code (2025)

Official Description for D72

Other disorders of white blood cells

Coding Notes & Guidelines for D72

Excludes1: Not Coded Here
  • basophilia (D72.824)
  • immunity disorders (D80-D89)
  • neutropenia (D70)
  • preleukemia (syndrome) (D46.9)
Excludes1: Not Coded Here

Chédiak (-Steinbrinck)-Higashi syndrome (E70.330)

Excludes1: Not Coded Here

leukemia (C91-C95)

Excludes1: Not Coded Here

neutropenia (D70.-)

Excludes1: Not Coded Here

malignant leukopenia (D70.9)

Excludes1: Not Coded Here

eosinophilia (D72.1)

Excludes1: Not Coded Here

infectious mononucleosis (B27.-)

Excludes1: Not Coded Here
  • confirmed infection - code to infection
  • leukemia (C91.-, C92.-, C93.-, C94.-, C95.-)
Excludes2: Not Included Here
  • Löffler's syndrome (J82.89)
  • pulmonary eosinophilia (J82.-)
Code First
  • underlying disease, such as:
  • chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (C93.1-)
Use Additional Code

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Inclusion Terms
  • Alder (granulation) (granulocyte) anomaly
  • Alder syndrome
  • Hereditary leukocytic hypersegmentation
  • Hereditary leukocytic hyposegmentation
  • Hereditary leukomelanopathy
  • May-Hegglin (granulation) (granulocyte) anomaly
  • May-Hegglin syndrome
  • Pelger-Huët (granulation) (granulocyte) anomaly
  • Pelger-Huët syndrome
Inclusion Terms

Lymphocyte variant hypereosinophilia

Inclusion Terms
  • Episodic angioedema with eosinophilia
  • Gleich's syndrome
Inclusion Terms

DRESS syndrome

Inclusion Terms
  • Familial eosinophilia
  • Hereditary eosinophilia
Inclusion Terms

Decreased lymphocytes

Inclusion Terms
  • Basophilic leukopenia
  • Eosinophilic leukopenia
  • Monocytopenia
  • Other decreased leukocytes
  • Plasmacytopenia
Inclusion Terms
  • Decreased leukocytes, unspecified
  • Leukocytopenia, unspecified
  • Leukopenia
Inclusion Terms

Elevated lymphocytes

Inclusion Terms
  • Basophilic leukemoid reaction
  • Leukemoid reaction NOS
  • Lymphocytic leukemoid reaction
  • Monocytic leukemoid reaction
  • Myelocytic leukemoid reaction
  • Neutrophilic leukemoid reaction
Inclusion Terms

Bandemia without diagnosis of specific infection

Inclusion Terms
  • Elevated leukocytes, unspecified
  • Leukocytosis, unspecified
Inclusion Terms

Abnormality of white blood cells NEC

Inclusion Terms

Abnormal leukocyte differential NOS

Code Also

, if applicable, any associated lymphocytic neoplastic disorder

Child Codes (More Specific Codes for D72):

D72.0 - Genetic anomalies of leukocytes D72.1 - Eosinophilia D72.10 - Eosinophilia, unspecified D72.11 - Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES] D72.110 - Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome [IHES] D72.111 - Lymphocytic Variant Hypereosinophilic Syndrome [LHES] D72.118 - Other hypereosinophilic syndrome D72.119 - Hypereosinophilic syndrome [HES], unspecified D72.12 - Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome D72.18 - Eosinophilia in diseases classified elsewhere D72.19 - Other eosinophilia D72.8 - Other specified disorders of white blood cells D72.81 - Decreased white blood cell count D72.810 - Lymphocytopenia D72.818 - Other decreased white blood cell count D72.819 - Decreased white blood cell count, unspecified D72.82 - Elevated white blood cell count D72.820 - Lymphocytosis (symptomatic) D72.821 - Monocytosis (symptomatic) D72.822 - Plasmacytosis D72.823 - Leukemoid reaction D72.824 - Basophilia D72.825 - Bandemia D72.828 - Other elevated white blood cell count D72.829 - Elevated white blood cell count, unspecified D72.89 - Other specified disorders of white blood cells D72.9 - Disorder of white blood cells, unspecified

About ICD-10-CM Code D72 (Other disorders of white blood cells)

ICD-10-CM code D72 is a billable or specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM D72 became effective on October 1, 2024.

This page provides detailed information about D72 - Other disorders of white blood cells. It includes common terminology, coding guidelines such as "Includes," "Excludes1," and "Excludes2" notes, and information on required 7th characters. Utilizing this information correctly is essential for accurate medical coding and claims submission for conditions like Other disorders of white blood cells.