E79 Non-Billable Code
Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Chapter Classification
Chapter 4
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Section Detail
E70-E88
Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- Ataxia-telangiectasia (Q87.19)
- Bloom's syndrome (Q82.8)
- Cockayne's syndrome (Q87.19)
- calculus of kidney (N20.0)
- combined immunodeficiency disorders (D81.-)
- Fanconi's anemia (D61.09)
- gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
- orotaciduric anemia (D53.0)
- progeria (E34.8)
- Werner's syndrome (E34.8)
- xeroderma pigmentosum (Q82.1)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- 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
- E79.9 - Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified Billable
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