E87.2

E87.2: Acidosis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E87.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acidosis. 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.

diabetic acidosis - see categories E08-E10, E11, E13 with ketoacidosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E87.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E87: Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance

diabetes insipidus (E23.2)
electrolyte imbalance associated with hyperemesis gravidarum (O21.1)
electrolyte imbalance following ectopic or molar pregnancy (O08.5)
familial periodic paralysis (G72.3)
metabolic acidemia in newborn, unspecified (P19.9)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E87.2

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under E87