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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 270.7
Other disturbances of straight-chain amino-acid metabolism
autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by deficiencies in the mitochondrial glycine cleavage system; an enzyme system with four components: p-, t-, h-, and l-proteins; deficiency of the p-protein is the most prevalent form; clinical features include seizures, hypotonia, apnea, and coma; when the illness presents in childhood there tends to be an associated progressive dementia accompanied by extrapyramidal signs.
Also applicable to/known as
Glucoglycinuria
Glycinemia (with methylmalonic acidemia)
Hyperglycinemia
Hyperlysinemia
Pipecolic acidemia
Saccharopinuria
Other disturbances of metabolism of glycine, threonine, serine, glutamine, and lysine
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 270.7
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 270.7
270.7