E79

E79: Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E79 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Ataxia-telangiectasia (Q87.19)
Bloom's syndrome (Q82.8)
Cockayne's syndrome (Q87.19)
calculus of kidney (N20.0)
combined immunodeficiency disorders (D81.-)
Fanconi's anemia (D61.09)
gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
orotaciduric anemia (D53.0)
progeria (E34.8)
Werner's syndrome (E34.8)
xeroderma pigmentosum (Q82.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with E79

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

R79Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry
D53.0Protein deficiency anemia
E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

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 E79

5 child codes. Green means billable.