E24.0: Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
E24.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pituitary-dependent cushing's disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E24.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Overproduction of pituitary ACTH
- Pituitary-dependent hypercorticalism
Other codes that can never be billed with E24.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
E24.0 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 51 Addison's and Cushing's Diseases, Acromegaly, and Other Specified Endocrine Disorders0.510 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
E24.0 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54923Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery for Treatment of Co-Morbidities Conditions Related to Morbid Obesity
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A57132Billing and Coding: Bone Mass Measurement
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Basophilism(cortico-adrenal) (Cushing's) (pituitary)
- Hypercorticalism, pituitary-dependent
- Hyperadrenocorticism›pituitary-dependent
- Cushing's›syndrome or disease›pituitary-dependent
- Hypersecretion›ACTH›pituitary
- Syndrome›Cushing's›pituitary-dependent
- Hypersecretion›hormone›ACTH›pituitary
- Syndrome›Cushing's›due to›overproduction of pituitary ACTH
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.