E72.1

Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism

Header / non-billable

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · E72.1
Excludes 1

cystinosis (E72.04) cystinuria (E72.01) transcobalamin II deficiency (D51.2)

Inherited from E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
Excludes 1

disorders of: aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-) branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2) fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3) purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-) gout (M1A.-, M10.-)

Inherited from E70-E88Metabolic disorders
Excludes 1

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)

Excludes 2

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)

Inherited from chapter 4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Excludes 1

transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)

Note

All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.

Official Guidelines for E72.1

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