E72.81

E72.81: Disorders of gamma aminobutyric acid metabolism

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E72.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorders of gamma aminobutyric acid metabolism. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E72.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

4-hydroxybutyric aciduria
Disorders of GABA metabolism
GABA metabolic defect
GABA transaminase deficiency
GABA-T deficiency
Gamma-hydroxybutyric aciduria
SSADHD
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.81

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

SSADHD(succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency)
Aciduria›4-hydroxybutyric
Aciduria›gamma-hydroxybutyric
Defect, defective›GABA metabolic(gamma aminobutyric acid)
Deficiency, deficient›GABA transaminase(gamma aminobutyric acid)
Deficiency, deficient›GABA-T(gamma aminobutyric acid transaminase)
Deficiency, deficient›succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase
Disorder›gamma aminobutyric acid metabolism(GABA)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under E72.8

E72.89Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism