E72.50
E72.50 — Disorder of glycine metabolism, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E72.50 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of glycine metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E72.50 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.
How E72.50 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 E72.50.
- Disorder›glycine metabolism
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›glycine
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›amino-acid›glycine
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E72.5. If E72.50 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E72.50
- Is E72.50 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E72.50 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E72.50 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).