E79.1
E79.1: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E79.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lesch-nyhan syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E79.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- HGPRT deficiency
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E79.1
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on E79: Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Other codes that can never be billed with E79.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
E79.1 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 50 Amyloidosis, Porphyria, and Other Specified Metabolic Disorders0.648 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
- Deficiency, deficient›hypoxanthine-(guanine)-phosphoribosyltransferase (HG- PRT) (total H-PRT)
- Arthropathy›gouty›in›Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.