E83.5 — Disorders of calcium metabolism
E83.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of calcium metabolism. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with E83.5
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E83.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E83.5 alone.
Risk adjustment
E83.5 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.
Code to one of these instead E83.5
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E83. If E83.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E83.5
- Is E83.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E83.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E83.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).
- What cannot be coded together with E83.5?
- E83.5 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.