255.0 CUSHING'S SYNDROME

Diagnosis Code: 255.0

Short Description: Cushing's syndrome

Long Description: Cushing's syndrome

Code Classification:

• Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
  • Diseases of other endocrine glands (249-259)
    • 255 Disorders of adrenal glands
      • 255.0 Cushing's syndrome

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Adrenal Cushing's syndrome
• Adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing syndrome
• Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing's syndrome
• Artefactual pseudo-Cushing's syndrome
• Cyclical Cushing's syndrome
• Hypercortisolism
• Hypercortisolism due to adrenal neoplasm
• Hypercortisolism due to nonpituitary tumor
• Hypercortisolism due to pituitary adenoma
• Hypermelanosis due to Cushing syndrome
• Iatrogenic Cushing's disease
• Idiopathic Cushing's syndrome
• Myopathy in Cushing's disease
• Paraneoplastic ectopic secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone
• Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Basophilism (corticoadrenal) (Cushing's) (pituitary) (thymic) 255.0

• Cushing's
  • basophilism, disease, or syndrome (iatrogenic) (idiopathic) (pituitary basophilism) (pituitary dependent) 255.0

• Cushingoid due to steroid therapy
  • correct substance properly administered 255.0

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Cushing's (pituitary basophilism) 255.0

• Ectopic, ectopia (congenital) 759.89
  • ACTH syndrome 255.0
  • secretion
    • ACTH 255.0
    • adrenocorticotropin 255.0

• Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • adrenal (capsule) (cortex) (gland) 255.8
    • due to excess ACTH (ectopic) (pituitary) 255.0

• Hypersecretion
  • cortisol 255.0

• Iatrogenic syndrome of excess cortisol 255.0

• Inappropriate
  • secretion
    • ACTH 255.0

• Itsenko-Cushing syndrome (pituitary basophilism) 255.0

• Myopathy 359.9
  • in
    • Cushing's syndrome 255.0 [359.5]

• Overproduction - see also Hypersecretion
  • cortisol 255.0

• Steroid
  • effects (adverse) (iatrogenic)
    • cushingoid
      • correct substance properly administered 255.0

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • Cushing's (iatrogenic) (idiopathic) (pituitary basophilism) (pituitary-dependent) 255.0
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 962.0
  • ectopic ACTH secretion 255.0
  • excess cortisol, iatrogenic 255.0
  • Itsenko-Cushing (pituitary basophilism) 255.0

Crosswalk Information

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
255.0		E24.0	Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
		E24.2	Drug-induced Cushing's syndrome
		E24.3	Ectopic ACTH syndrome
		E24.8	Other Cushing's syndrome
		E24.9	Cushing's syndrome, unspecified

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