E70.39 — Other specified albinism
E70.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified albinism. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Piebaldism
Risk adjustment
E70.39 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
E70.39 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
- A57071Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
How E70.39 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 E70.39.
- Piebaldism
- Albinism, albino›other specified
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E70.3. If E70.39 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E70.39
- Is E70.39 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E70.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E70.39 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).