ICD-10-CM Code E23
Hypofunction and other disorders of the 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 E23 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of E23 that describes the diagnosis 'hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland' in more detail.
- E23 Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE E23.0 Hypopituitarism
- BILLABLE E23.1 Drug-induced hypopituitarism
- BILLABLE E23.2 Diabetes insipidus
- BILLABLE E23.3 Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified
- BILLABLE E23.6 Other disorders of pituitary gland
- BILLABLE E23.7 Disorder of pituitary gland, unspecified
The ICD code E23 is used to code Pickardt syndrome
Pickardt syndrome (also Pickardt's syndrome or Pickardt–Fahlbusch syndrome) denotes a rare form of tertiary hypothyroidism that is caused by interruption of the portal veins connecting hypothalamus and pituitary.
Specialty: | Endocrinology |
MeSH Code: | 68006966 |
ICD 9 Code: | 253.7 |
An interupption of the hypophyseal portal system causes Pickardt's syndrome
Coding Notes for E23 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - The listed conditions whether the disorder is in the pituitary or the hypothalamus
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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." - Postprocedural hypopituitarism - instead, use code E89.3
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E23 - Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland'
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