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E72 - Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

ICD-10-CM Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases · E70-E88 Metabolic disorders (E70-E88) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

E72 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 8 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom E72

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • disorders of:
  • aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-)
  • branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2)
  • fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3)
  • purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom E70-E88 Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia (E25.0)
  • hemolytic anemias attributable to enzyme disorders (D55.-)
  • Marfan syndrome (Q87.4-)
  • 5-alpha-reductase deficiency (E29.1)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom E70-E88 Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom Chapter E00-E89

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
NotesFrom Chapter E00-E89

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.

More Specific Codes (8)

E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transport→E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism→E72.2Disorders of urea cycle metabolism→E72.3Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism→E72.4Disorders of ornithine metabolism→E72.5Disorders of glycine metabolism→E72.8Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism→E72.9Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified→

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