ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00–E89
E71.520
Childhood cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- E71.520
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 4 — Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- Category
- E71 — Disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and fatty-acid metabolism
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM E71.520 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of childhood cerebral x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in E71
- E71Disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and fatty-acid metabolism
- E71.0Maple-syrup-urine disease
- E71.1Other disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism
- E71.11Branched-chain organic acidurias
- E71.110Isovaleric acidemia
- E71.1113-methylglutaconic aciduria
- E71.118Other branched-chain organic acidurias
- E71.12Disorders of propionate metabolism
- E71.120Methylmalonic acidemia
- E71.121Propionic acidemia
- E71.128Other disorders of propionate metabolism
- E71.19Other disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism
- E71.2Disorder of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism, unspecified
- E71.3Disorders of fatty-acid metabolism
- E71.30Disorder of fatty-acid metabolism, unspecified
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