E34.328

E34.328: Other genetic causes of short stature

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E34.328 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other genetic causes of short stature. 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.

Short stature due to ACAN gene variant
Short stature due to aggrecan deficiency
Short stature due to NPR-2 gene variant

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E34.328

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

E34.328 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
Dwarfism›congenital
Dwarfism›infantile
Deficiency, deficient›short stature homeobox gene›with›short stature(idiopathic)
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›ACAN gene variant
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›aggrecan deficiency
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›NPR-2 gene variant
Short, shortening, shortness›stature NEC›due to›genetic causes›specified genetic cause NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.