Other and unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency

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 2 more specific codes instead:

E27.40 Unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency
E27.49 Other adrenocortical insufficiency

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other and unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency

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.

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

Excludes1 - never coded here

galactorrhea (N64.3)
gynecomastia (N62)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
E27.0	Other adrenocortical overactivity	Valid
E27.1	Primary adrenocortical insufficiency	Valid
E27.2	Addisonian crisis	Valid
E27.3	Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency	Valid
E27.5	Adrenomedullary hyperfunction	Valid
E27.8	Other specified disorders of adrenal gland	Valid
E27.9	Disorder of adrenal gland, unspecified	Valid