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E79.8 - Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism


The ICD 10 Code for Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism is listed as E79.8.
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: E79.8
Description: Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
  • Hereditary xanthinuria
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
642 - Inborn And Other Disorders Of Metabolism
Chapter Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Parent E79 - Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 277.2 - Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E79.8:
E79.0 - Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease
E79.1 - Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
E79.2 - Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
E79.9 - Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified