ICD-10-CM Codes Browse (Tabular) Diagnostic External Drug Neoplasm

E72.20 – Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified

Coding Notes

Active

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Type 1 Excludes

hyperammonemia-hyperornithinemia-homocitrullinemia syndrome E72.4

transient hyperammonemia of newborn (P74.6)

Applicable To

Hyperammonemia

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

270.6

Fs: 10000 – Disorders of urea cycle metabolism

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 642

INBORN AND OTHER DISORDERS OF METABOLISM

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Disorder (of) See also Disease

urea cycle metabolism E72.20

Disturbance (s) See also Disease

metabolism E88.9

ammonia E72.20

urea cycle E72.20

Hyperammonemia (congenital) E72.20

Sibling Codes

E72.21

E72.22

Arginosuccinic aciduria

E72.23

E72.29

Other disorders of urea cycle metabolism

Parent Sibling Codes

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

View in Tabular

Code	Title
E00-E89	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
E70-E88	Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
E72	Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
E72.2	Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
E72.20	Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified Type 1 Excludes hyperammonemia-hyperornithinemia-homocitrullinemia syndrome E72.4 transient hyperammonemia of newborn (P74.6) Applicable to Hyperammonemia