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270.1 - Phenylketonuria [PKU]


The ICD 9 Code for Phenylketonuria [PKU] is listed as 270.1.
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: 270.1
Long Description: Phenylketonuria [PKU]
Short Description: Phenylketonuria - pku
Chapter: Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders
Block: Other Metabolic Disorders And Immunity Disorders (270-279)
Related Descriptions: Classical phenylketonuria
Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency
Guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I deficiency
Hyperphenylalaninemia
Maternal phenylketonuria
Persistent hyperphenylalaninemia
Persistent hyperphenylalaninemia AND tyrosinemia
Pterin-4-carbinolamine dehydratase deficiency
Transient hyperphenylalaninemia
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: E70.0 - Classical phenylketonuria (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 270.1:
270.0 - Disturbances of amino-acid transport
270.2 - Other disturbances of aromatic amino-acid metabolism
270.3 - Disturbances of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism
270.4 - Disturbances of sulphur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
270.5 - Disturbances of histidine metabolism
270.6 - Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
270.7 - Other disturbances of straight-chain amino-acid metabolism
270.8 - Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolism
270.9 - Unspecified disorder of amino-acid metabolism