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E72

Non-Billable (Header)

Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code 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.-)

Child Codes

E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transport
E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
E72.2Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
E72.3Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism
E72.4Disorders of ornithine metabolism
E72.5Disorders of glycine metabolism
E72.8Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism
E72.9Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified

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