E34.321

E34.321: Primary insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) deficiency

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E34.321 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for primary insulin-like growth factor-1 (igf-1) deficiency. 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.

Acid-labile subunit gene (IGFALS) defect
Growth hormone gene 1 (GH1) defect with growth hormone neutralizing antibodies
Growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHIS)
Insulin-like growth factor 1 gene (IGF1) defect
Laron type short stature
Severe primary insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency (SPIGFD)
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5B gene (STAT5b) defect

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E34.321

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E34.3: Short stature due to endocrine disorder

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)

Written on E34: Other endocrine disorders

pseudohypoparathyroidism (E20.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E34.321 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Dwarfism›Laron-type
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›Laron-type
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›acid-labile subunit gene defect(IGFALS)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›growth hormone gene 1 defect with growth hormone neutralizing antibodies(GH1)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›growth hormone insensitivity syndrome(GHIS)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›insulin-like growth factor 1 gene defect(IGF1)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›primary insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency(IGF-1)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›severe primary insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency(SPIGFD)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›signal transducer and activator of transcription 5B gene defect(STAT5b)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.