E16.2
E16.2: Hypoglycemia, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E16.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hypoglycemia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E16.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code for hypoglycemia level, if applicable (E16.A-)
Other codes that can never be billed with E16.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E16.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57361Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Glycopenia
- Hypoglycemia(spontaneous)
- McQuarrie's syndrome(idiopathic familial hypoglycemia)
- Decrease›glucose
- Encephalopathy›hypoglycemic
- Syndrome›hypoglycemic(familial) (neonatal)
- Syndrome›McQuarrie's
- Decrease›blood›glucose
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›blood sugar›low(transient)
- Polyneuropathy›in›hypoglycemia
- Sugar›blood›low(transient)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.