B80

Synonym

• Iron deficiency anaemia

Inclusions

• anaemia due to blood loss

Exclusions

• iron deficiency without anaemia T91

Criteria

• decrease in haemoglobin or haematocrit below levels appropriate for age and sex
• plus evidence of blood loss, or microcytic hypochromic red cells by appearance or indices in the absence of thalassaemia, or decreased serum iron and increased iron-binding capacity, or decreased serum ferritin, or reduced haemosiderin in bone marrow, or good response to iron administration

Consider

• other/unspecified anaemia B82

ICD-10

• D50.0; D50.1; D50.8; D50.9