E27.3

E27.3: Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E27.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E27.3 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
A57361Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care
A59186Billing and Coding: Magnesium

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hypofunction›adrenocortical›drug-induced
Insufficiency, insufficient›adrenocortical›drug-induced
Insufficiency, insufficient›adrenocortical›iatrogenic
Steroid›effects›insufficiency

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.