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255.5 ADRENAL HYPOFUNCTION NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 255.5

Short Description: Adrenal hypofunction NEC

Long Description: Other adrenal hypofunction

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Diseases of other endocrine glands (249-259)
      • 255 Disorders of adrenal glands
        • 255.5 Adrenal hypofunction NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Adrenal medullary insufficiency
  • Aldosterone deficiency
  • Epinephrine deficiency
  • Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism
  • Proopiomelanocortin deficiency syndrome
  • Steroid suppression of adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 255.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Decrease, decreased
    • function
      • adrenal (cortex) 255.41
        • medulla 255.5
  • Hypofunction
    • adrenal (gland) 255.41
      • medulla 255.5
      • specified NEC 255.5
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • adrenal (gland) (acute) (chronic) 255.41
      • medulla 255.5
      • specified site NEC 255.5
    • suprarenal 255.41
      • medulla 255.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 255.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
255.5 Right Arrow E27.49 Other adrenocortical insufficiency
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
255.0 Cushing's syndrome
255.10 Hyperaldosteronism, unspecified
255.11 Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism
255.12 Conn's syndrome
255.13 Bartter's syndrome
255.14 Other secondary aldosteronism
255.2 Adrenogenital disorders
255.3 Other corticoadrenal overactivity
255.41 Glucocorticoid deficiency
255.42 Mineralocorticoid deficiency
255.6 Medulloadrenal hyperfunction
255.8 Other specified disorders of adrenal glands
255.9 Unspecified disorder of adrenal glands

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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