E88.41
E88.41: MELAS syndrome
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E88.41 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for melas syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E88.41 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E88.41
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on E88.4: Mitochondrial metabolism disorders
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E88.41 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- MELAS syndrome
- Syndrome›MELAS
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›mitochondrial›MELAS syndrome
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.