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E83.2

E83.2: Disorders of zinc metabolism

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E83.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorders of zinc metabolism. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Acrodermatitis enteropathica

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E83.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E83: Disorders of mineral metabolism

  • dietary mineral deficiency (E58-E61)
  • parathyroid disorders (E20-E21)
  • vitamin D deficiency (E55.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with E83.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • E61Deficiency of other nutrient elements
  • Q82Other congenital malformations of skin
  • R79.0Abnormal level of blood mineral

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E83.2 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
  • A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Brandt's syndrome(acrodermatitis enteropathica)
  • Danbolt(-Cross) syndrome (acrodermatitis enteropathica)
  • Acrodermatitis›enteropathica(hereditary)
  • Syndrome›Brandt's(acrodermatitis enteropathica)
  • Syndrome›Danbolt(-Cross) (acrodermatitis enteropathica)
  • Zinc›metabolism disorder
  • Disorder›metabolism NOS›zinc

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under E83

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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