ICD-10-CM › E00-E89 › E70-E88 › E79 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine... › E79.8
E79.8
Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
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 disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
- FY2024 Stopped being billable
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 E79 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Excludes1 - never coded here
- 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)
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-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| E79.0 | Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease | Valid |
| E79.1 | Lesch-Nyhan syndrome | Valid |
| E79.2 | Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency | Valid |
| E79.9 | Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified | Valid |