E79Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- 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)
Subcategories (5)
- E79.0 Hyperuricemia w/o signs of inflam arthrit and tophaceous dis
- E79.1 Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
- E79.2 Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
- E79.8 Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
- E79.9 Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified