253.9 - Unspecified Disorder Of The Pituitary Gland And Its Hypothalamic Control
The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified disorder of the pituitary gland and its hypothalamic control is listed as 253.9.
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: | 253.9 |
| Long Description: | Unspecified disorder of the pituitary gland and its hypothalamic control |
| Short Description: | Pituitary disorder NOS |
| Chapter: | Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders |
| Block: | Diseases Of Other Endocrine Glands (249-259) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Abnormality of neurotensine secretion
Disorder of anterior pituitary Disorder of hypothalamus Disorder of pituitary gland Disorder of posterior pituitary Grahmann's syndrome Houssay's syndrome Hypothalamic disorder of appetite Hypothalamic granuloma Hypothalamic syndrome Pituitary fibrosis Pituitary fibrosis with midline fibrosis Pituitary granuloma Pituitary stalk compression Pituitary stalk compression hyperprolactinemia Pituitary, parathyroid, thymus disorder Primary pituitary - hypothalamic infertility |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | E23.3 - Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | E23.7 - Disorder of pituitary gland, unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 253.9: | |
| 253.0 - Acromegaly and gigantism | |
| 253.1 - Other and unspecified anterior pituitary hyperfunction | |
| 253.2 - Panhypopituitarism | |
| 253.3 - Pituitary dwarfism | |
| 253.4 - Other anterior pituitary disorders | |
| 253.5 - Diabetes insipidus | |
| 253.6 - Other disorders of neurohypophysis | |
| 253.7 - Iatrogenic pituitary disorders | |
| 253.8 - Other disorders of the pituitary and other syndromes of diencephalohypophyseal origin | |