E79.89
E79.89: Other specified disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E79.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E79.89 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above E79.89
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 E79.89
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
E79.89 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Orotaciduria, oroticaciduria(congenital) (hereditary) (pyrimidine deficiency)
- Aciduria›orotic(congenital) (hereditary) (pyrimidine deficiency)
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›purine›specified NEC
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›pyrimidine›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.