E27
E27 — Other disorders of adrenal gland
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E27 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of adrenal gland. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with E27
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E27. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E27 alone.
- E22Hyperfunction of pituitary gland
Risk adjustment
E27 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead E27
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- E27.0Other adrenocortical overactivity
- E27.1Primary adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.2Addisonian crisis
- E27.3Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.4Other and unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.5Adrenomedullary hyperfunction
- E27.8Other specified disorders of adrenal gland
- E27.9Disorder of adrenal gland, unspecified
Questions about E27
- Is E27 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E27 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E27 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35).