E83.09: Other disorders of copper metabolism
E83.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of copper metabolism. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E83.09 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Menkes' (kinky hair) (steely hair) disease
Other codes that can never be billed with E83.09
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
E83.09 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.
Medicare coverage
E83.09 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
- A56868Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Menkes' disease or syndrome
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›copper›specified type NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.