E71.511 — Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
E71.511 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (E71.42-)
Risk adjustment
E71.511 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.
Medicare coverage
E71.511 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56773Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)
How E71.511 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 E71.511.
- Adrenoleukodystrophy›neonatal
- Disorder›peroxisomal›biogenesis›neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E71.51. If E71.511 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E71.511
- Is E71.511 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E71.511 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E71.511 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).
- What cannot be coded together with E71.511?
- E71.511 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.