Anemia, Causes in Pregnancy32
| ICD-10CM # | D50.8 | Other iron deficiency anemias | | D50.9 | Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified | | D51.0 | Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency | | D51.1 | Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to selective vitamin B12 malabsorption with proteinuria | | D51.3 | Other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia | | D51.8 | Other vitamin B12 deficiency anemias | | D52.0 | Dietary folate deficiency anemia | | D52.1 | Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia | | D52.8 | Other folate deficiency anemias | | D52.9 | Folate deficiency anemia, unspecified | | D53.1 | Other megaloblastic anemias, not elsewhere classified | | D53.0 | Protein deficiency anemia | | D53.2 | Scorbutic anemia | | D53.8 | Other specified nutritional anemias | | D53.9 | Nutritional anemia, unspecified | | D64.0 | Hereditary sideroblastic anemia | | D64.1 | Secondary sideroblastic anemia due to disease | | D64.2 | Secondary sideroblastic anemia due to drugs and toxins | | D64.3 | Other sideroblastic anemias |
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Causes of Anemia During Pregnancy
- Common causes-85% of anemia:
- Physiologic anemia.
- Iron deficiency.
- Uncommon causes:
- Folic acid deficiency.
- Vitamin B12 deficiency (due to the rapid increase in bariatric surgery).
- Hemoglobinopathies:
- Sickle cell disease.
- Hemoglobin SC.
- β-Thalassemia minor.
- Bariatric surgery.
- GI bleeding.
- Rare causes:
- Hemoglobinopathies.
- β-Thalassemia major.
- α-Thalassemia.
- Syndromes of chronic hemolysis:
- Hereditary spherocytosis.
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
- Hematologic malignancy.