Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs

**Excludes2:** - autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9) - certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) - complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) - congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) - endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) - human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20) - injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) - neoplasms (C00-D49) - symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)