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.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.8

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.-)

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 E72.8

2 child codes. Green means billable.

E72.81Disorders of gamma aminobutyric acid metabolism
E72.89Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism

Other codes under E72

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