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ICD-10-CM Code for Constitutional short stature E34.31

ICD-10 code E34.31 for Constitutional short stature is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

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Official Long Descriptor

Constitutional short stature
Constitutional delay of growth, puberty, or maturation

E34.3

Excludes1: achondroplastic short stature (Q77.4)
hypochondroplastic short stature (Q77.4)
nutritional short stature (E45)
pituitary short stature (E23.0)
progeria (E34.8)
renal short stature (N25.0)
Russell-Silver syndrome (Q87.19)
short-limbed stature with immunodeficiency (D82.2)
short stature (child) (R62.52)
short stature in specific dysmorphic syndromes - code to syndrome - see Alphabetical Index
short stature NOS (R62.52)

E34

Excludes1: pseudohypoparathyroidism (E20.1)

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Transgender Care - endocrine disorder??
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Estrogen Excess in Males
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De Quervain's E34.51 OR M65.4 ??
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DX code for "Pineal Cyst" ??
[b]Pineal Cyst[/b] I beleive that the E34.8 is the best icd 10 code to use for the Pineal cyst. CD-10-CM E34.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v32.0): 643 Endocrine disorde... [ Read More ]
Coding Neuropathy due to chemotherapy
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