icd 9 code for mucopolysaccharidosis

What is the ICD 10 code for mucopolysaccharidosis?

Mucopolysaccharidosis, unspecified. E76.3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM E76.3 became effective on October 1, 2019. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E76.3 - other international versions of ICD-10 E76.3 may differ.

What is the ICD 9 code for Brailsford-Morquio syndrome?

Brailsford-Morquio disease or syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis IV) 277.5 Morquio (-Brailsford) (-Ullrich) (mucopolysaccharidosis IV) 277.5 ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions.

What is the ICD 10 code for encephalomyelitis?

E76.3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

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277.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Information for Medical Professionals

References found for the code 277.5 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:

Information for Patients

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ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

The ICD code E76 is used to code Lysosomal storage disease

Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs; /ˌlaɪsəˈsoʊməl/) are a group of approximately 50 rare inherited metabolic disorders that result from defects in lysosomal function. Lysosomes are sacs of enzymes within cells that digest large molecules and pass the fragments on to other parts of the cell for recycling.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E76.3 - Mucopolysaccharidosis, unspecified'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E76.3. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code E76.3 and a single ICD9 code, 277.5 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.