E72
ICD-10Non-billable categoryOther disorders of amino-acid metabolism
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism
E72 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- disorders of:
- aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-)
- branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2)
- fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3)
- purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)
- gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
More specific codes under E72
- E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transportcategory
- E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolismcategory
- E72.2Disorders of urea cycle metabolismcategory
- E72.3Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism
- E72.4Disorders of ornithine metabolism
- E72.5Disorders of glycine metabolismcategory
- E72.8Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolismcategory
- E72.9Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.