E72.0

E72.0: Disorders of amino-acid transport

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E72.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of amino-acid transport. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

disorders of tryptophan metabolism (E70.5)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E72: Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

disorders of:
aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-)
branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2)
fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3)
purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)
gout (M1A.-, M10.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with E72.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

D61.03Fanconi anemia
N16Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
N29Other disorders of kidney and ureter in diseases classified elsewhere
E72.04Cystinosis
E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E72.0

6 child codes. Green means billable.