Diagnosis Code

E23.3 HYPOTHALAMIC DYSFUNCTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E23.3

Short Description: Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified

Long Description: Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified

The code E23.3 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89)
    • Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35)
      • Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland (E23)
        • E23.3 Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Absent osmoregulation
  • Adipsia
  • Amenorrhea due to hypothalamic disorder
  • Amenorrhea due to pituitary dysfunction
  • Central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
  • Childhood obesity
  • Chronic hypernatremia
  • Defective osmoregulation
  • Defective osmoregulation
  • Endocrine axis dysfunction
  • Endocrine menstrual disturbance
  • Exercise induced hypothalamic insufficiency
  • Hypernatremia
  • Hypernatremic dehydration
  • Hypoplasia of hypothalamus
  • Hypothalamic adipsic hypernatremia syndrome
  • Hypothalamic amenorrhea
  • Hypothalamic disorder of appetite
  • Hypothalamic overactivity
  • Hypothalamic syndrome
  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis dysfunction
  • Late-onset central hypoventilation co-occurrent and due to hypothalamic dysfunction
  • Loss of hypothalamic inhibition
  • Osmoregulation defect - absent thirst
  • Primary hypothalamic insufficiency
  • Rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation syndrome
  • Secondary amenorrhea
  • Secondary hypothalamic insufficiency
  • Thirst finding

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code E23.3 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Endocrine Disorders With Mcc (643)
  • Endocrine Disorders With Cc (644)
  • Endocrine Disorders Without Cc/mcc (645)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code E23.3 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • Prader-Willi syndrome (@Q87.11*)
    • Russell-Silver syndrome (@Q87.19*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
E23.3 Right Arrow 253.9 Pituitary disorder NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
E23 Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland
E23.0 Hypopituitarism
E23.1 Drug-induced hypopituitarism
E23.2 Diabetes insipidus
E23.6 Other disorders of pituitary gland
E23.7 Disorder of pituitary gland, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023