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783.43 - Short Stature


The ICD 9 Code for Short stature is listed as 783.43.
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: 783.43
Long Description: Short stature
Short Description: Short stature
Chapter: Symptoms, Signs, And Ill Defined Conditions
Block: Symptoms (780-789)
Related Descriptions: Brittle hair-impaired intellect-decreased fertility-short stature syndrome
Decrease in height
Delayed growth and development
Familial short stature
Growth retardation
Lipodystrophy, partial, with Rieger anomaly, short stature, and insulinopenic diabetes mellitus
On examination - short stature
Short stature associated with bone marrow transplant
Short stature disorder
Short stature due to radiation therapy
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: R62.52 - Short stature (child)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 783.43:
783.40 - Lack of normal physiological development, unspecified
783.41 - Failure to thrive
783.42 - Delayed milestones