E72.8
E72.8 — Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E72.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
E72.8 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.
Code to one of these instead E72.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E72. If E72.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transport
- E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
- E72.2Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
- E72.3Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism
- E72.4Disorders of ornithine metabolism
- E72.5Disorders of glycine metabolism
- E72.9Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified
Questions about E72.8
- Is E72.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E72.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E72.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).