256.0 HYPERESTROGENISM


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 256.0

Short Description: Hyperestrogenism

Long Description: Hyperestrogenism

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Diseases of other endocrine glands (249-259)
      • 256 Ovarian dysfunction
        • 256.0 Hyperestrogenism

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 256.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Dysfunction
    • ovary, ovarian 256.9
      • hyperfunction 256.1
        • estrogen 256.0
  • Hyperestrinism 256.0
  • Hyperestrogenism 256.0
  • Hyperestrogenosis 256.0
  • Hyperfolliculinism 256.0
  • Hyperfunction
    • ovary 256.1
      • estrogen 256.0
  • Hypersecretion
    • estrogen 256.0
  • Increase, increased
    • estrogen 256.0
  • Puberty V21.1
    • precocious (constitutional) (cryptogenic) (idiopathic) NEC 259.1
      • due to
        • ovarian hyperfunction 256.1
          • estrogen 256.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 256.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
256.0 Right Arrow E28.0 Estrogen excess
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
256.1 Other ovarian hyperfunction
256.2 Postablative ovarian failure
256.31 Premature menopause
256.39 Other ovarian failure
256.4 Polycystic ovaries
256.8 Other ovarian dysfunction
256.9 Unspecified ovarian dysfunction


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014