E71.31
E71.31 — Disorders of fatty-acid oxidation
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E71.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of fatty-acid oxidation. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with E71.31
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E71.31. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E71.31 alone.
Risk adjustment
E71.31 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.
Code to one of these instead E71.31
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- E71.310Long chain/very long chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
- E71.311Medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
- E71.312Short chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
- E71.313Glutaric aciduria type II
- E71.314Muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency
- E71.318Other disorders of fatty-acid oxidation
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E71.3. If E71.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E71.31
- Is E71.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E71.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E71.31 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).