Leukopenia is a disease and in Leukopenia condition , body’s immunity is decreased to fight with infections and other disease causes. White blood cells are produced by the bone marrow and Leukopenia means in medical terms , the lack of neutrophils, which are one type of white blood cells. ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D72.819, other ICD codes related to Leukopenia also mention in below table.
ICD 10 Code for Leukopenia
ICD 10 Code for Leukopenia is D72.819, other related ICD 10 codes are as under,
| ICD Codes | Description |
| D72.111 | Lymphocytic Variant Hypereosinophilic Syndrome [LHES] |
| D72.118 | Other hypereosinophilic syndrome |
| D72.119 | Non Specified |
| D72.12 | Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome |
| D72.18 | 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 | Non Specified |
| 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 | Non Specified |
| D72.89 | Other specified disorders of white blood cells |
The factors which are responsible for Leukopenia.
- Aplastic anemia – In this condition the bone marrow is not able to produce new blood cells. White blood cells have the ability to fight with infection which slowly decreases.
- Autoimmune disorders – In this conditions that attack the white blood cells or bone marrow cells.
- Myeloma- Cancer or other diseases of the bone marrow
- Some medications or antibiotics destroy white blood cells
- Cancer treatments like chemotherapy, or radiation therapy and bone marrow transplant reduce white blood cells.
- HIV/AIDS type of infectious disease lower the White blood cells
- Hypersplenism – Spleen destroys white blood cells
- Kostmann’s syndrome – Bone marrow congenital disorder
- Sarcoidosis – Collection of inflammatory cells in the body is called sarcoidosis and it is the cause of lower WBC in blood.
- Lack of Vitamin B12, copper, folate and zinc is also the cause of lower WBC in blood.
Symptoms of Leukopenia:
Most of the people with leukopenia have no big symptoms. In some cases symptoms include infection, fever above 100.4 degrees and sweating also is symptom.
Treatment Options of Leukopenia
There are multiple options and it depends on which type of leukopenia the patient is suffering from. Some of them is mention below:
- Discontinue the treatment which causes low WBC counts like Chemotherapy, etc.
- Growth factor therapy – In this treatment derived from bone marrow that can increase WBC production
- Low-bacterial diet – Patient took a diet that minimizes exposure to bacteria found in certain foods.
- Medications Therapy , it also helps the body produce more blood cells.
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