E89.3 — Postprocedural hypopituitarism
E89.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hypopituitarism. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Postirradiation hypopituitarism
Other codes that can never be billed with E89.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E89.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E89.3 alone.
- E23Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland
Risk adjustment
E89.3 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
E89.3 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
- A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
How E89.3 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 E89.3.
- Hypopituitarism›postirradiation
- Hypopituitarism›postprocedural
- Absence›pituitary gland›acquired
- Complication›surgical procedure›hypopituitarism(posthypophysectomy)
- Disorder›pituitary gland›iatrogenic(postprocedural)
- Hypopituitarism›due to›hypophysectomy
- Hypopituitarism›due to›radiotherapy
- Complication›endocrine›postprocedural›hypopituitarism
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E89. If E89.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- E89.0Postprocedural hypothyroidism
- E89.1Postprocedural hypoinsulinemia
- E89.2Postprocedural hypoparathyroidism
- E89.4Postprocedural ovarian failure
- E89.5Postprocedural testicular hypofunction
- E89.6Postprocedural adrenocortical (-medullary) hypofunction
- E89.8Other postprocedural endocrine and metabolic complications and disorders
Questions about E89.3
- Is E89.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E89.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E89.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Postprocedural endocrine and metabolic complications and disorders, not elsewhere classified (E89).