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E72.29

E72.29: Other disorders of urea cycle metabolism

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E72.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of urea cycle metabolism. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.29

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

  • Disorder›urea cycle metabolism›other specified

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under E72.2

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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