255.2 ADRENOGENITAL DISORDERS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 255.2

Short Description: Adrenogenital disorders

Long Description: Adrenogenital disorders

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 255.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Achard-Thiers syndrome (adrenogenital) 255.2
  • Adrenocortical syndrome 255.2
  • Adrenogenital syndrome (acquired) (congenital) 255.2
    • iatrogenic, fetus or newborn 760.79
  • Apert-Gallais syndrome (adrenogenital) 255.2
  • Cooke-Apert-Gallais syndrome (adrenogenital) 255.2
  • Corticosexual syndrome 255.2
  • Defect, defective 759.9
    • 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 255.2
    • 11-hydroxylase 255.2
    • 21-hydroxylase 255.2
  • Defeminization syndrome 255.2
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 255.2
    • 11-beta-hydroxylase 255.2
    • 17-alpha-hydroxylase 255.2
    • 18-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 255.2
    • 20-alpha-hydroxylase 255.2
    • 21-hydroxylase 255.2
    • desmolase 255.2
    • hydroxylase 255.2
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • adrenogenital 255.2
    • corticosteroid metabolism NEC 255.2
    • metabolism NEC 277.9
      • corticosteroid 255.2
      • steroid 255.2
    • steroid metabolism NEC 255.2
  • Hyperadrenocorticism 255.3
    • congenital 255.2
  • Hyperfunction
    • adrenal (cortex) 255.3
      • virilism 255.2
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
    • adrenal (capsule) (cortex) (gland) 255.8
      • with
        • sexual precocity (male) 255.2
        • virilism, adrenal 255.2
        • virilization (female) 255.2
      • congenital 255.2
  • "Infant Hercules" syndrome 255.2
  • Macrogenitosomia (female) (male) (praecox) 255.2
  • Masculinization, female, with adrenal hyperplasia 255.2
  • Precocity, sexual (constitutional) (cryptogenic) (female) (idiopathic) (male) NEC 259.1
    • with adrenal hyperplasia 255.2
  • Pseudohermaphroditism 752.7
    • adrenal 255.2
    • female (without adrenocortical disorder) 752.7
      • with adrenocortical disorder 255.2
      • adrenal 255.2
    • male (without gonadal disorder) 752.7
      • with
        • adrenocortical disorder 255.2
      • adrenal 255.2
  • Puberty V21.1
    • precocious (constitutional) (cryptogenic) (idiopathic) NEC 259.1
      • due to
        • adrenal
          • cortical hyperfunction 255.2
          • hyperplasia 255.2
        • cortical hyperfunction 255.2
    • premature 259.1
      • due to
        • adrenal cortical hyperfunction 255.2
  • Sexual
    • precocity (constitutional) (cryptogenic) (female) (idiopathic) (male) NEC 259.1
      • with adrenal hyperplasia 255.2
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Achard-Thiers (adrenogenital) 255.2
    • adrenogenital (acquired) (congenital) 255.2
      • feminizing 255.2
      • iatrogenic 760.79
      • virilism (acquired) (congenital) 255.2
    • Apert-Gallais (adrenogenital) 255.2
    • Cooke-Apert-Gallais (adrenogenital) 255.2
    • corticosexual 255.2
    • defeminization 255.2
    • infant
      • Hercules 255.2
    • pseudohermaphroditism-virilism-hirsutism 255.2
    • virilizing adrenocortical hyperplasia, congenital 255.2
  • Virilism (adrenal) (female) NEC 255.2
    • with
      • 3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase defect 255.2
      • 11-hydroxylase defect 255.2
      • 21-hydroxylase defect 255.2
    • adrenal
      • hyperplasia 255.2
      • insufficiency (congenital) 255.2
    • cortical hyperfunction 255.2
  • Virilization (female) (suprarenal) (see also Virilism) 255.2
    • isosexual 256.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 255.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
255.2 Right Arrow E25.0 Congenital adrenogenital disorders assoc w enzyme deficiency
E25.8 Other adrenogenital disorders
E25.9 Adrenogenital disorder, unspecified
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
255.3 Other corticoadrenal overactivity
255.41 Glucocorticoid deficiency
255.42 Mineralocorticoid deficiency
255.5 Other adrenal hypofunction
255.6 Medulloadrenal hyperfunction
255.8 Other specified disorders of adrenal glands
255.9 Unspecified disorder of adrenal glands


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