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E72.20 - Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified is listed as E72.20.
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: E72.20
Description: Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified
  • Hyperammonemia
  • Excludes1: hyperammonemia-hyperornithinemia-homocitrullinemia syndrome E72.4
  • transient hyperammonemia of newborn (P74.6)
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 E72.2 - Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 270.6 - Disorders of urea cycle metabolism (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E72.20:
E72.21 - Argininemia
E72.22 - Arginosuccinic aciduria
E72.23 - Citrullinemia
E72.29 - Other disorders of urea cycle metabolism