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E72.9

Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 13 never code together
E72code
Excludes1
  • disorders of:
  • aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-)E70.-
  • branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2)E71.0-E71.2
  • fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3)E71.3
  • purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)E79.-
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)M1A.-M10.-
E70-E88block
Excludes1
  • androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)E34.5-
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia (E25.0)E25.0
  • hemolytic anemias attributable to enzyme disorders (D55.-)D55.-
  • Marfan syndrome (Q87.4-)Q87.4-
  • 5-alpha-reductase deficiency (E29.1)E29.1
Excludes2
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)Q79.6-
E00-E89chapter
Excludes1
  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)P70-P74

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 1
E00-E89chapter
Notes
  • All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.E05.8E07.0E16-E31E34.-
Index entries leading here 6
  • Disorder (of) — see also Disease
  • Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
  • Amino-acid disorder E72.9
  • Aminoacidopathy E72.9
  • Deficiency, deficient
  • Aminoaciduria E72.9
Alongside this code 7 same parent — E72
E72.0 Disorders of amino-acid transport category E72.1 Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism category E72.2 Disorders of urea cycle metabolism category E72.3 Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism E72.4 Disorders of ornithine metabolism E72.5 Disorders of glycine metabolism category E72.8 Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism category
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

CMS22HCC23 ESRD21HCC23 ESRD24HCC23 RX08HCC43

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
E72
Block
E70-E88
Siblings
7

Present FY2024–FY2027.