Y44 is the ICD-10 code for Agents primarily affecting blood constituents. It is a three-character category divided into 9 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Y40–Y59 (Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XX · V01–Y98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
Subcodes of Y44
- Y44.0Iron preparations and other anti-hypochromic-anaemia preparations
- Y44.1Vitamin B12, folic acid and other anti-megaloblastic-anaemia preparations
- Y44.2Anticoagulants
- Y44.3Anticoagulant antagonists, vitamin K and other coagulants
- Y44.4Antithrombotic drugs [platelet-aggregation inhibitors]
- Y44.5Thrombolytic drugs
- Y44.6Natural blood and blood products
- Y44.7Plasma substitutes
- Y44.9Other and unspecified agents affecting blood constituents
Y44 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Y44Substances agissant essentiellement sur les constituants du sang
Y44middelen primair aangrijpend op bloedbestanddelen
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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