ICD-10-CM › E00-E89 › E70-E88 › E87.2 Acidosis › E87.22
E87.22
Chronic metabolic acidosis
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 2023 to now.
- FY2023 Added to the code set Chronic metabolic acidosis
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 E87 Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
Excludes1 - never coded here
- diabetes insipidus (E23.2)
- electrolyte imbalance associated with hyperemesis gravidarum (O21.1)
- electrolyte imbalance following ectopic or molar pregnancy (O08.5)
- familial periodic paralysis (G72.3)
- metabolic acidemia in newborn, unspecified (P19.9)
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.
- Acidemia
- Lactate, elevated
- Acid > intoxication
- Intoxication > acid
- Acidemia > metabolic
- Lacticemia, excessive
- Acidosis > lactic > chronic
- Acidosis > metabolic NEC > chronic
- Disorder > electrolyte NEC > acidosis > chronic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| E87.20 | Acidosis, unspecified | Valid |
| E87.21 | Acute metabolic acidosis | Valid |
| E87.29 | Other acidosis | Valid |