Is E71.518 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E71.518 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E71.518 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 E71.518?

E71.518 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above E71.518 (E71.51, E71.5) and apply to it just the same.

E71.518

E71.518 — Other disorders of peroxisome biogenesis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E71.518 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of peroxisome biogenesis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E71.518

These are not written on E71.518, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing E71.518 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on E71.51 — Disorders of peroxisome biogenesis

Refsum's disease (G60.1)

Written on E71.5 — Peroxisomal disorders

Schilder's disease (G37.0)

Risk adjustment

E71.518 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

E71.518 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 E71.518 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 E71.518.

Disorder›peroxisomal›biogenesis›specified disorder NEC
Disorder›peroxisomal›specified form NEC›group 1

Code history

E71.518 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E71.51. If E71.518 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E71.518

Is E71.518 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E71.518 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E71.518 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 E71.518?: E71.518 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above E71.518 (E71.51, E71.5) and apply to it just the same.