E72.21

E72.21: Argininemia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E72.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for argininemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E72.21 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.21

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E72.2: Disorders of urea cycle metabolism

disorders of ornithine metabolism (E72.4)

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.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Argininemia
Hyperaminoaciduria›arginine
Disorder›urea cycle metabolism›argininemia
Disturbance›metabolism›arginine

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under E72.2