E83.110 — Hereditary hemochromatosis
E83.110 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hereditary hemochromatosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bronzed diabetes
- Pigmentary cirrhosis (of liver)
- Primary (hereditary) hemochromatosis
Other codes that can never be billed with E83.110
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E83.110. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E83.110 alone.
- K74Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
Risk adjustment
E83.110 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
E83.110 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 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
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
How E83.110 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 E83.110.
- Cirrhosis, cirrhotic›pigmentary
- Diabetes, diabetic›bronzed
- Hemochromatosis›hereditary(primary)
- Hemochromatosis›primary
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E83.11. If E83.110 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E83.110
- Is E83.110 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E83.110 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E83.110 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).