E34.8
E34.8: Other specified endocrine disorders
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E34.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified endocrine disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E34.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- pseudohypoparathyroidism (E20.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pineal gland dysfunction
- Progeria
Other codes that can never be billed with E34.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E34.8 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Donohue's syndrome
- Gilford-Hutchinson disease
- Hutchinson-Gilford disease or syndrome
- Hyperpinealism
- Hypopinealism
- Leprechaunism
- Pellizzi's syndrome
- Progeria
- Werner's disease or syndrome
- Calcification›pineal gland
- Cyst›epiphysis cerebri
- Degeneration, degenerative›pineal gland
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.