E71.311
E71.311 — Medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E71.311 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for medium 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.
- MCAD deficiency
Risk adjustment
E71.311 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 E71.311 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 E71.311.
- Deficiency, deficient›MCAD(medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency)
- Deficiency, deficient›dehydrogenase›medium chain acyl CoA
- Disorder›fatty acid›oxidation›MCAD
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E71.31. If E71.311 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E71.311
- Is E71.311 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E71.311 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E71.311 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).