E72.0
Header — not billableDisorders of amino-acid transport
The ICD-10 code for disorders of amino-acid transport is E72.0.
E72.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- disorders of tryptophan metabolism (E70.5)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- E72.1Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolismnon-billable header
- E72.2Disorders of urea cycle metabolismnon-billable header
- E72.3Disorders of lysine and hydroxylysine metabolism
- E72.4Disorders of ornithine metabolism
- E72.5Disorders of glycine metabolismnon-billable header
- E72.8Other specified disorders of amino-acid metabolismnon-billable header
- E72.9Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified
- E72.0Disorders of amino-acid transportnon-billable header