E71
E71 — Disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and fatty-acid metabolism
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and fatty-acid metabolism. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with E71
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E71. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E71 alone.
- Q77.3Chondrodysplasia punctata
- Q87.8Other specified congenital malformation syndromes, not elsewhere classified
- E27.4Other and unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.1Primary adrenocortical insufficiency
- E71.3Disorders of fatty-acid metabolism
- E71.4Disorders of carnitine metabolism
- E71.511Neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
- E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
Risk adjustment
E71 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead E71
6 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about E71
- Is E71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E71 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88).