E71.40

E71.40: Disorder of carnitine metabolism, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E71.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of carnitine metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E71.40 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E71.40

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E71.4: Disorders of carnitine metabolism

Muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency (E71.314)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E71.40 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Carnitine insufficiency
Deficiency, deficient›carnitine
Disorder›carnitine metabolism

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.