E34.3

E34.3: Short stature due to endocrine disorder

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E34.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for short stature due to endocrine disorder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

achondroplastic short stature (Q77.4)
hypochondroplastic short stature (Q77.4)
nutritional short stature (E45)
pituitary short stature (E23.0)
progeria (E34.8)
renal short stature (N25.0)
Russell-Silver syndrome (Q87.19)
short-limbed stature with immunodeficiency (D82.2)
short stature (child) (R62.52)
short stature in specific dysmorphic syndromes - code to syndrome - see Alphabetical Index
short stature NOS (R62.52)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E34.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E34: Other endocrine disorders

pseudohypoparathyroidism (E20.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with E34.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

R62.52Short stature (child)
E23Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E34.3

4 child codes. Green means billable.