Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 259.9
Unspecified endocrine disorder
  • Short description: Endocrine disorder NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 259.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 259.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 259.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 259.9: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 259.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E34.9 Endocrine disorder, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Androgen excess
  • Arthropathy assoc w endocrine disorder
  • Arthropathy due to endocrine disorder
  • Arthropathy w endocrine disorder
  • Arthropathy with endocrine disorder
  • Decreased testosterone level
  • Disorder of endocrine system
  • Disorder of puberty
  • Elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
  • Elevated TSH
  • Endocrine disorder
  • Endocrine myopathy
  • Increased androgen level
  • Low testosterone
  • Myopathy, endocrine
  • Raised TSH level
  • Short stature due to endocrine disorder
Applies To
  • Disturbance:
    • endocrine NOS
    • hormone NOS
  • Infantilism NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 259.9:
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • endocrine 259.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • ductless glands 259.9
    • endocrine glands or system NEC 259.9
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • endocrine 259.9
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • endocrine (gland) 259.9
    • hormone 259.9
  • Dysendocrinism 259.9
  • Dysfunction
    • endocrine NEC 259.9
    • gland, glandular NEC 259.9
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • hormones 259.9
  • Imbalance 781.2
    • endocrine 259.9
    • hormone 259.9
  • Infantilism 259.9
    • with dwarfism (hypophyseal) 253.3
    • Brissaud's (infantile myxedema) 244.9
    • Herter's (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • hypothalamic (with obesity) 253.8
    • idiopathic 259.9
    • sexual (with obesity) 259.0
  • Obesity (constitutional) (exogenous) (familial) (nutritional) (simple) 278.00
    • endocrine NEC 259.9
    • endogenous 259.9
    • glandular NEC 259.9
  • Puberty V21.1
    • abnormal 259.9
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