E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- 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.-)
Subcategories (8)
- E72.0 Disorders of amino-acid transport
- E72.1 Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
- E72.2 Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
- E72.3 Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism
- E72.4 Disorders of ornithine metabolism
- E72.5 Disorders of glycine metabolism
- E72.8 Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism
- E72.9 Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified