E83.1Disorders of iron metabolism

E83.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for disorders of iron metabolism. It belongs to category E83 (disorders of mineral metabolism), block E70-E88 (metabolic disorders) and chapter 4 (endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within E83 (disorders of mineral metabolism), E83.1 is specifically for disorders of iron metabolism. Related codes cover disorders of copper metabolism (E83.0), disorders of zinc metabolism (E83.2), disorders of phosphorus metabolism and phosphatases (E83.3), disorders of magnesium metabolism (E83.4), disorders of calcium metabolism (E83.5), other disorders of mineral metabolism (E83.8) and disorder of mineral metabolism, unspecified (E83.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: E83.10 (unspecified), E83.11 (hemochromatosis) and E83.19 (metabolism).

Don't report E83.1 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: iron deficiency anemia (D50.-) and sideroblastic anemia (D64.0-D64.3).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.