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277.81 - Primary Carnitine Deficiency


The ICD 9 Code for Primary carnitine deficiency is listed as 277.81.
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: 277.81
Long Description: Primary carnitine deficiency
Short Description: Primary carnitine defncy
Chapter: Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders
Block: Other Metabolic Disorders And Immunity Disorders (270-279)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: E71.41 - Primary carnitine deficiency
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 277.81:
277.82 - Carnitine deficiency due to inborn errors of metabolism
277.83 - Iatrogenic carnitine deficiency
277.84 - Other secondary carnitine deficiency
277.85 - Disorders of fatty acid oxidation
277.86 - Peroxisomal disorders
277.87 - Disorders of mitochondrial metabolism
277.88 - Tumor lysis syndrome
277.89 - Other specified disorders of metabolism