E70.81
E70.81: Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E70.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E70.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- AADC deficiency
Other codes that can never be billed with E70.81
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
E70.81 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57071Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Deficiency, deficient›AADC(aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase)
- Deficiency, deficient›aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase(AADC)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.