Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Non-billable header
E79 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Q79.6-)
More specific codes E79
- E79.0Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous diseaseBillable
- E79.1Lesch-Nyhan syndromeBillable
- E79.2Myoadenylate deaminase deficiencyBillable
- E79.8Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolismHeader
- E79.9Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecifiedBillable
Related codes
- E70Disorders of aromatic amino-acid metabolismHeader
- E71Disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and fatty-acid metabolismHeader
- E72Other disorders of amino-acid metabolismHeader
- E73Lactose intoleranceHeader
- E74Other disorders of carbohydrate metabolismHeader
- E75Disorders of sphingolipid metabolism and other lipid storage disordersHeader
- E76Disorders of glycosaminoglycan metabolismHeader
- E77Disorders of glycoprotein metabolismHeader
- E78Disorders of lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemiasHeader
- E80Disorders of porphyrin and bilirubin metabolismHeader
- E83Disorders of mineral metabolismHeader
- E84Cystic fibrosisHeader
- E85AmyloidosisHeader
- E86Volume depletionHeader
- E87Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balanceHeader
- E88Other and unspecified metabolic disordersHeader