E23.0

Hypopituitarism

Billable / specific

E23.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Fertile eunuch syndrome
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
  • Idiopathic growth hormone deficiency
  • Isolated deficiency of gonadotropin
  • Isolated deficiency of growth hormone
  • Isolated deficiency of pituitary hormone
  • Kallmann's syndrome
  • Lorain-Levi short stature
  • Necrosis of pituitary gland (postpartum)
  • Panhypopituitarism
  • Pituitary cachexia
  • Pituitary insufficiency NOS
  • Pituitary short stature
  • Sheehan's syndrome
  • Simmonds' disease

Includes (from E23)

  • the listed conditions whether the disorder is in the pituitary or the hypothalamus
  • 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.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74) (from E23)
  • galactorrhea (N64.3) (from E23)
  • gynecomastia (N62) (from E23)
  • postprocedural hypopituitarism (E89.3) (from E23)
  • short stature due to endocrine disorder (E34.3-) (from E23)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, if applicable, for associated cachexia (E88.A)

Also known as

  • Fertile eunuch syndrome
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
  • Idiopathic growth hormone deficiency
  • Isolated deficiency of gonadotropin
  • Isolated deficiency of growth hormone
  • Isolated deficiency of pituitary hormone
  • Kallmann's syndrome
  • Lorain-Levi short stature
  • Necrosis of pituitary gland (postpartum)
  • Panhypopituitarism
  • Pituitary cachexia
  • Pituitary insufficiency NOS
  • Pituitary short stature
  • Sheehan's syndrome
  • Simmonds' disease
  • Ahumada-del Castillo syndrome
  • Brissaud's, infantilism or dwarfism
  • Cachexia, hypophyseal
  • Cachexia, hypopituitary
  • Cachexia, pituitary
  • Cachexia, Simmonds'
  • Decrease, function, ovary in hypopituitarism
  • Decrease, function, pituitary
  • Decrease, function, pituitary, posterior
  • Deficiency, deficient, gonadotropin

Parent code

  • E23Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary glandHeader

Related codes

  • E23.1Drug-induced hypopituitarismBillable
  • E23.2Diabetes insipidusBillable
  • E23.3Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • E23.6Other disorders of pituitary glandBillable
  • E23.7Disorder of pituitary gland, unspecifiedBillable

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