E23.6

E23.6: Other disorders of pituitary gland

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E23.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of pituitary gland. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Abscess of pituitary
Adiposogenital dystrophy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E23.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E23: Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland

postprocedural hypopituitarism (E89.3)
short stature due to endocrine disorder (E34.3-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E23.6 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Adiposogenital dystrophy
Fröhlich's syndrome
Abscess›pituitary(gland)
Adiposis›cerebralis
Cyst›craniobuccal pouch
Cyst›craniopharyngeal pouch
Cyst›hypophysis, hypophyseal(duct) (recurrent)
Cyst›intrasellar
Cyst›pituitary(duct) (gland)
Cyst›Rathke's pouch
Degeneration, degenerative›pituitary(gland)
Dystrophy, dystrophia›adiposogenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.