E70
E70: Disorders of aromatic amino-acid metabolism
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of aromatic amino-acid metabolism. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with E70
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- D72.0Genetic anomalies of leukocytes
- P59Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes
- Q15Other congenital malformations of eye
- R79Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry
- R79.83Abnormal findings of blood amino-acid level
- E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
- E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transport
- E70.32Oculocutaneous albinism
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 E70
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- E70.0Classical phenylketonuria
- E70.1Other hyperphenylalaninemias
- E70.2Disorders of tyrosine metabolism
- E70.3Albinism
- E70.4Disorders of histidine metabolism
- E70.5Disorders of tryptophan metabolism
- E70.8Other disorders of aromatic amino-acid metabolism
- E70.9Disorder of aromatic amino-acid metabolism, unspecified