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259.0 - Delay In Sexual Development And Puberty, Not Elsewhere Classified


The ICD 9 Code for Delay in sexual development and puberty, not elsewhere classified is listed as 259.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 259.0
Long Description: Delay in sexual development and puberty, not elsewhere classified
Short Description: Delay sexual develop NEC
Chapter: Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders
Block: Diseases Of Other Endocrine Glands (249-259)
Related Descriptions: Arrested puberty
Constitutional delay of growth and puberty
Delay in sexual development AND/OR puberty
Delayed adrenarche
Delayed female puberty
Delayed growth of secondary sexual hair
Delayed puberty
Infantile uterus
On examination - delayed puberty
Prepubertal - no pubic hair
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: E30.0 - Delayed puberty
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 259.0:
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
259.8 - Other specified endocrine disorders
259.9 - Unspecified endocrine disorder