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255.5 - Other Adrenal Hypofunction


The ICD 9 Code for Other adrenal hypofunction is listed as 255.5.
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: 255.5
Long Description: Other adrenal hypofunction
Short Description: Adrenal hypofunction NEC
Chapter: Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders
Block: Diseases Of Other Endocrine Glands (249-259)
Related Descriptions: Adrenal medullary insufficiency
Aldosterone deficiency
Epinephrine deficiency
Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism
Steroid suppression of ACTH secretion
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: E27.49 - Other adrenocortical insufficiency (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 255.5:
255.0 - Cushing's syndrome
255.2 - Adrenogenital disorders
255.3 - Other corticoadrenal overactivity
255.6 - Medulloadrenal hyperfunction
255.8 - Other specified disorders of adrenal glands
255.9 - Unspecified disorder of adrenal glands