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E22

Hyperfunction of pituitary gland

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • E22.0 Acromegaly and pituitary gigantism
  • E22.1 Hyperprolactinemia
  • E22.2 Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone
  • E22.8 Other hyperfunction of pituitary gland
  • E22.9 Hyperfunction of pituitary gland, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Hyperfunction of pituitary gland

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Cushing's syndrome (E24.-)
  • Nelson's syndrome (E24.1)
  • overproduction of ACTH not associated with Cushing's disease (E27.0)
  • overproduction of pituitary ACTH (E24.0)
  • overproduction of thyroid-stimulating hormone (E05.8-)

Inherited from the E20-E35 section Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • galactorrhea (N64.3)
  • gynecomastia (N62)