E79.0

E79.0: Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E79.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E79.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E79: Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism

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 E79.0

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

R79Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry
E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E79.0 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56695Billing and Coding: Implantable Infusion Pump
A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
A59186Billing and Coding: Magnesium

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hyperuricemia(asymptomatic)
Lithemia
Uric acid in blood(increased)
Uricacidemia(asymptomatic)
Uricemia(asymptomatic)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.