E27.0
E27.0: Other adrenocortical overactivity
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E27.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other adrenocortical overactivity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E27.0 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.
- Cushing's syndrome (E24.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Overproduction of ACTH, not associated with Cushing's disease
- Premature adrenarche
Other codes that can never be billed with E27.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E22Hyperfunction of pituitary gland
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E27.0 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
- A57361Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care
- A57612Billing and Coding: Measurement of Salivary Hormones
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Adrenarche, premature
- Schroeder's syndrome(endocrine hypertensive)
- Slocumb's syndrome
- Dysadrenocortism›hyperfunction
- Hyperadrenocorticism›not associated with Cushing's syndrome
- Hyperfunction›adrenal cortex, not associated with Cushing's syndrome
- Hypersecretion›ACTH(not associated with Cushing's syndrome)
- Overactive›adrenal cortex NEC
- Overproduction›ACTH
- Premature›adrenarche
- Syndrome›endocrine-hypertensive
- Syndrome›Schroeder's
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.