E83.10 — Disorder of iron metabolism, unspecified
E83.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of iron metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E83.10 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E83.10 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56199Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Procedures
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A60409Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Procedures
How E83.10 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to E83.10.
- Disease, diseased›iron metabolism or storage
- Disorder›iron metabolism
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›iron
- Disturbance›metabolism›iron
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E83.1. If E83.10 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E83.10
- Is E83.10 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E83.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E83.10 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).