ICD-10-CM › E00-E89 › E70-E88 › E70.3 Albinism › E70.39
Other specified albinism
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified albinism
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 E70-E88 section Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
- congenital adrenal hyperplasia (E25.0)
- hemolytic anemias attributable to enzyme disorders (D55.-)
- Marfan syndrome (Q87.4-)
- 5-alpha-reductase deficiency (E29.1)
Excludes2 - not included here
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Achromia, congenital
- Disorder > metabolism NOS > amino-acid > aromatic > albinism
- Piebaldism
- Albinism, albino > other specified
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| E70.30 | Albinism, unspecified | Valid |
| E70.31 | Ocular albinism | Not billable |
| E70.32 | Oculocutaneous albinism | Not billable |
| E70.33 | Albinism with hematologic abnormality | Not billable |