ICD-10-CM Code E22
Hyperfunction of pituitary gland
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code E22 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of E22 that describes the diagnosis 'hyperfunction of pituitary gland' in more detail.
- E22 Hyperfunction of pituitary gland NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code E22 is used to code Hyperpituitarism
Hyperpituitarism is a condition due to the primary hypersecretion of pituitary hormones, it typically results from a pituitary adenoma. Children with hyperpituitarism is rare, disruption of growth regulation, either because of hormone hypersecretion or because of manifestations caused by local compression of the adenoma can occur.
| Specialty: | Endocrinology |
| MeSH Code: | D006964 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 253.1 |
Coding Notes for E22 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Cushing's syndrome - instead, use code E24.-
- Nelson's syndrome - instead, use code E24.1
- Overproduction of ACTH not associated with Cushing's disease - instead, use code E27.0
- Overproduction of pituitary ACTH - instead, use code E24.0
- Overproduction of thyroid-stimulating hormone - instead, use code E05.8-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E22 - Hyperfunction of pituitary gland'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E22. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.