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E79.0 - Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease


The ICD 10 Code for Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease is listed as E79.0.
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: E79.0
Description: Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease
  • Asymptomatic hyperuricemia
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
947 - Signs & Symptoms W Mcc
948 - Signs & Symptoms W/o Mcc
Chapter Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Block Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
Parent E79 - Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 790.6 - Other abnormal blood chemistry (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E79.0:
E79.1 - Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
E79.2 - Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency
E79.8 - Other disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
E79.9 - Disorder of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, unspecified