ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00–E89
E72.10
Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, unspecified
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- E72.10
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 4 — Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- Category
- E72 — Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM E72.10 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, unspecified. 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 E72
- E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
- E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transport
- E72.00Disorders of amino-acid transport, unspecified
- E72.01Cystinuria
- E72.02Hartnup's disease
- E72.03Lowe's syndrome
- E72.04Cystinosis
- E72.09Other disorders of amino-acid transport
- E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
- E72.11Homocystinuria
- E72.12Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency
- E72.19Other disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
- E72.2Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
- E72.20Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified
- E72.21Argininemia
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