E70.39
E70.39: Other specified albinism
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E70.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified albinism. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E70.39 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Piebaldism
Other codes that can never be billed with E70.39
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E70.39 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- 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)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Piebaldism
- Albinism, albino›other specified
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.