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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 253.3

Pituitary dwarfism

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 253.3 can be accessed here.

  • A form of dwarfism due to deficient release of GROWTH HORMONE which may result from dysfunction of the hypothalamus or anterior pituitary gland.
  • 253.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 253.3 contains 35 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 253.* hierarchy

253.3 also known as:

  • Isolated deficiency of (human) growth hormone [HGH]
  • Lorain-Levi dwarfism


Index entries containing 253.3:

Ateleiosis, ateliosis 253.3
Ateliosis 253.3
Burnier's syndrome (hypophyseal dwarfism) 253.3
Cretin, cretinism (athyrotic) (congenital) (endemic) (metabolic) (nongoitrous) (sporadic) 243
  • pituitary 253.3
Deficiency, deficient
  • growth hormone 253.3
  • HGH (human growth hormone) 253.3
  • hormone - see also Deficiency, by specific hormone
    • anterior pituitary (isolated) (partial) NEC 253.4
      • growth (human) 253.3
    • growth (human) (isolated) 253.3
    • human growth 253.3
  • human growth hormone 253.3
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Lorain's (pituitary dwarfism) 253.3
Dwarf, dwarfism 259.4
  • with infantilism (hypophyseal) 253.3
  • hypophyseal 253.3
  • Levi type 253.3
  • Lorain-Levi (pituitary) 253.3
  • Lorain type (pituitary) 253.3
  • pituitary 253.3
  • primordial 253.3
Hypophyseal, hypophysis - see also condition
  • dwarfism 253.3
Hyposomatotropism 253.3
Infantilism 259.9
  • with dwarfism (hypophyseal) 253.3
  • hypophyseal 253.3
  • pituitary 253.3
Levi's syndrome (pituitary dwarfism) 253.3
Lorain's disease or syndrome (pituitary dwarfism) 253.3
Lorain-Levi syndrome (pituitary dwarfism) 253.3
Nanism, nanosomia (see also Dwarfism) 259.4
  • hypophyseal 253.3
  • pituitary 253.3
Nebécourt's syndrome 253.3
Panhypopituitarism 253.2
  • prepubertal 253.3
Syndrome - see also Disease
  • Burnier's (hypophyseal dwarfism) 253.3
  • infantilism 253.3
  • Levi's (pituitary dwarfism) 253.3
  • Lorain-Levi (pituitary dwarfism) 253.3
  • Nebécourt's 253.3