Peggy Sue has been diagnosed with anemia. After further work-up it has been determined that she has anemia due to hemolytic nonspherocytic, type 1. She returns to the office today to discuss the treatment of the anemia. The diagnostic code to report is ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
D55.1
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A) crystallization in the kidney B) allergy-induced damage C) drug toxicity D) glomerular filtrates