ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00–E89
E72.50
Disorder of glycine metabolism, unspecified
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- E72.50
- 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 E72.50 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of disorder of glycine 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
- E72.10Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, unspecified
- 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
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