Metachromatic leukodystrophy
E75. 25 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code (s). The following references for the code E75.25 are found in the index:
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
Clinical Information
LEUKODYSTROPHY METACHROMATIC-. an autosomal recessive metabolic disease caused by a deficiency of cerebroside sulfatase leading to intralysosomal accumulation of cerebroside sulfate sulfoglycosphingolipids in the nervous system and other organs.
Convert E75.25 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code E75.25 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Information for Patients
The leukodystrophies are rare diseases that affect the cells of the brain. Specifically, the diseases affect the myelin sheath, the material that surrounds and protects nerve cells. Damage to this sheath slows down or blocks messages between the brain and the rest of the body. This leads to problems with
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