Is E34.328 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E34.328 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E34.328 sit in the tabular list?

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35).

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.

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

Risk adjustment

E34.328 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E34.328 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

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How E34.328 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to E34.328.

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

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E34.32. If E34.328 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E34.328

Is E34.328 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E34.328 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E34.328 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35).