259.9 ENDOCRINE DISORDER NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 259.9

Short Description: Endocrine disorder NOS

Long Description: Unspecified endocrine disorder

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Diseases of other endocrine glands (249-259)
      • 259 Other endocrine disorders
        • 259.9 Endocrine disorder NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 259.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
    • due to or associated with
      • endocrine disorder NEC 259.9 [713.0]
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • endocrine 259.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • ductless glands 259.9
    • endocrine glands or system NEC 259.9
      • specified NEC 259.8
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • endocrine 259.9
      • specified type NEC 259.8
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • endocrine (gland) 259.9
      • neonatal, transitory 775.9
        • specified NEC 775.89
    • hormone 259.9
  • Dysendocrinism 259.9
  • Dysfunction
    • endocrine NEC 259.9
    • gland, glandular NEC 259.9
  • Exophthalmos 376.30
    • endocrine NEC 259.9 [376.22]
    • pulsating 376.35
      • endocrine NEC 259.9 [376.22]
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • hormones 259.9
  • Imbalance 781.2
    • endocrine 259.9
    • hormone 259.9
  • Infantilism 259.9
    • with dwarfism (hypophyseal) 253.3
    • Brissaud's (infantile myxedema) 244.9
    • celiac 579.0
    • Herter's (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • hypophyseal 253.3
    • hypothalamic (with obesity) 253.8
    • idiopathic 259.9
    • intestinal 579.0
    • pancreatic 577.8
    • pituitary 253.3
    • renal 588.0
    • sexual (with obesity) 259.0
  • Myopathy 359.9
    • endocrine 259.9 [359.5]
      • specified type NEC 259.8 [359.5]
  • Obesity (constitutional) (exogenous) (familial) (nutritional) (simple) 278.00
    • endocrine NEC 259.9
    • endogenous 259.9
    • glandular NEC 259.9
  • Puberty V21.1
    • abnormal 259.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 259.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
259.9 Right Arrow E34.9 Endocrine 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
259.0 Delay in sexual development and puberty, not elsewhere classified
259.1 Precocious sexual development and puberty, not elsewhere classified
259.2 Carcinoid syndrome
259.3 Ectopic hormone secretion, not elsewhere classified
259.4 Dwarfism, not elsewhere classified
259.50 Androgen insensitivity, unspecified
259.51 Androgen insensitivity syndrome
259.52 Partial androgen insensitivity
259.8 Other specified endocrine disorders


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