Diagnosis Code: 255.8

Short Description: Adrenal disorder NEC

Long Description: Other specified disorders of adrenal glands

Code Classification:

• Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
  • Diseases of other endocrine glands (249-259)
    • 255 Disorders of adrenal glands
      • 255.8 Adrenal disorder NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Abnormality of cortisol-binding globulin
• Adrenal cyst
• Adrenal gland cytomegaly
• Adrenal hyperplasia
• Adrenal hypertrophy or hyperplasia
• Adrenal necrosis
• Adrenocortical hyperplasia
• Adrenomedullary hyperplasia
• Aldosteronism with nodular hyperplasia of adrenal cortex
• Cortisol binding globulin high
• Cortisol binding globulin low
• Enlarged adrenal gland
• Macronodular adrenal hyperplasia
• Mass of adrenal gland
• Micronodular adrenal hyperplasia
• Nodular adrenal cortex
• Pigmented micronodular adrenal hyperplasia
• Pseudohypoaldosteronism
• Pseudoprimary aldosteronism
• Salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 255.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
  • cortisol-binding globulin 255.8
  • globulin
    • cortisol-binding 255.8

• Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • adrenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8
  • suprarenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8

• Adrenalitis, adrenitis 255.8
  • meningococcal hemorrhagic 036.3

• Collapse 780.2
  • adrenal 255.8

• Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
  • adrenal gland 255.8
    • congenital 759.1
  • suprarenal gland 255.8

• Degeneration, degenerative
  • adrenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8
    • with hypofunction 255.41
    • fatty 255.8
    • hyaline 255.8
    • infectional 255.8
    • lardaceous 277.39
  • suprarenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8
    • with hypofunction 255.41

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • adrenal (gland) (capsule) (cortex) 255.9
    • specified type NEC 255.8

• Disorder - see also Disease
  • adrenal (capsule) (cortex) (gland) 255.9
    • specified type NEC 255.8

• Fibrosis, fibrotic
  • adrenal (gland) 255.8

• Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • adrenal (capsule) (cortex) (gland) 255.8
    • with
      • sexual precocity (male) 255.2
      • virilism, adrenal 255.2
      • virilization (female) 255.2
    • congenital 255.2
    • due to excess ACTH (ectopic) (pituitary) 255.0
    • medulla 255.8
  • medulla, adrenal 255.8
  • suprarenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • adrenal 255.8
  • suprarenal (gland) 255.8

• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • adrenal (gland) 255.8
  • suprarenal (gland) 255.8

• Necrosis, necrotic
  • adrenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8
  • suprarenal (capsule) (gland) 255.8

• Obesity (constitutional) (exogenous) (familial) (nutritional) (simple) 278.00
  • adrenal 255.8

• Sclerosis, sclerotic
  • adrenal (gland) 255.8

• Steroid
  • effects (adverse) (iatrogenic)
    • due to
      • correct substance properly administered 255.8

• Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition
  • adrenal gland 255.8

• Swelling 782.3
  • adrenal gland, cloudy 255.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 255.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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