Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere

**Excludes1:** - rupture of spleen due to Plasmodium vivax malaria (B51.0) - splenitis, splenomegaly in late syphilis (A52.79) - splenitis, splenomegaly in tuberculosis (A18.85)

**Code first:** - underlying disease, such as: - amyloidosis (E85.-) - congenital early syphilis (A50.0-) - echinococcosis (B67.0-B67.9) - malaria (B50.0-B54) - schistosomiasis [bilharziasis] (B65.0-B65.9) - vitamin C deficiency (E54)