ICD-10-CM Code E79
Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
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 E79 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of E79 that describes the diagnosis 'disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism' in more detail.
- E79 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE E79.0 Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease
- BILLABLE E79.1 Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
- BILLABLE E79.2 Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
- BILLABLE E79.8 Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
- BILLABLE E79.9 Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified
The ICD code E79 is used to code Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency (also called APRT deficiency or 2,8 dihydroxyadenine urolithiasis) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder associated with a mutation in the enzyme adenine phosphoribosyltransferase.
| Specialty: | Endocrinology |
| ICD 9 Code: | 277.2 |
Dihydroxyadenine, an insoluble purine
Coding Notes for E79 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." - Ataxia-telangiectasia - instead, use code Q87.1
- Bloom's syndrome - instead, use code Q82.8
- Cockayne's syndrome - instead, use code Q87.1
- Calculus of kidney - instead, use code N20.0
- Combined immunodeficiency disorders - instead, use code D81.-
- Fanconi's anemia - instead, use code D61.09
- Gout (M1A.-, M10.-) - instead, use code M1A.-
- Orotaciduric anemia - instead, use code D53.0
- Progeria - instead, use code E34.8
- Werner's syndrome - instead, use code E34.8
- Xeroderma pigmentosum - instead, use code Q82.1
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E79 - Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E79. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.