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E34.09

E34.09: Other carcinoid syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E34.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other carcinoid syndrome. 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.

  • Carcinoid disease NEC
  • Carcinoid syndrome NEC
  • Other carcinoid disease

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E34.09

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E34: Other endocrine disorders

  • pseudohypoparathyroidism (E20.1)

Risk adjustment

E34.09 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 17 Cancer Metastatic to Lung, Liver, Brain, and Other Organs; Acute Myeloid Leukemia Except Promyelocytic4.209 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

E34.09 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52479Oral Anticancer Drugs - Policy Article
  • A53095Billing and Coding: Lab: Bladder/Urothelial Tumor Markers
  • A55028Billing and Coding: Lab: Bladder/Urothelial Tumor Markers
  • A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Björck(-Thorson) syndrome (malignant carcinoid)
  • Cassidy(-Scholte) syndrome (malignant carcinoid)
  • Flush syndrome
  • Scholte's syndrome(malignant carcinoid)
  • Thorson-Björck syndrome
  • Argentaffinoma›syndrome
  • Syndrome›argentaffin, argintaffinoma
  • Syndrome›Björck(-Thorsen)
  • Syndrome›Cassidy(-Scholte)
  • Syndrome›flush
  • Syndrome›Scholte's
  • Syndrome›Thorson-Björck

Code history

  • addedFY2024-FY2027

    Other carcinoid syndrome

Other codes under E34.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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