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E79 - Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism


The ICD 10 Code for Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism is listed as E79.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: E79
Description: Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
  • Excludes1: Ataxia-telangiectasia (Q87.1)
  • Bloom's syndrome (Q82.8)
  • Cockayne's syndrome (Q87.1)
  • calculus of kidney (N20.0)
  • combined immunodeficiency disorders (D81.-)
  • Fanconi's anemia (D61.09)
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
  • orotaciduric anemia (D53.0)
  • progeria (E34.8)
  • Werner's syndrome (E34.8)
  • xeroderma pigmentosum (Q82.1)
Chapter Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of E79:
E79.0 - Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease
E79.1 - Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
E79.2 - Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
E79.8 - Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
E79.9 - Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified