E71.310
E71.310 — Long chain/very long chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E71.310 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for long chain/very long chain acyl coa dehydrogenase deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- LCAD deficiency
- VLCAD deficiency
Risk adjustment
E71.310 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.
How E71.310 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 E71.310.
- Deficiency, deficient›LCAD(long chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency)
- Deficiency, deficient›VLCAD(very long chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency)
- Deficiency, deficient›dehydrogenase›long chain/very long chain acyl CoA
- Disorder›fatty acid›oxidation›LCAD
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E71.31. If E71.310 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E71.310
- Is E71.310 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E71.310 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E71.310 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).