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E79.2

E79.2: Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E79.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for myoadenylate deaminase deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E79.2

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 E79.2

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

  • E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E79.2 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
  • A57123Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Deficiency, deficient›myoadenylate deaminase

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under E79

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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