E79.9
E79.9: Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E79.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E79.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above E79.9
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 E79.9
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
E79.9 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A58801Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing
- A58812Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing
- A59915Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomic Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disorder›purine metabolism
- Disorder›pyrimidine metabolism
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›purine
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›pyrimidine
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.