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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 270.6
Disorders of urea cycle metabolism
  • Short description: Dis urea cycle metabol.
  • ICD-9-CM 270.6 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 270.6 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 270.6.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 270.6: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 270.6 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E72.20 Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E72.22 Arginosuccinic aciduria
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E72.23 Citrullinemia
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E72.29 Other disorders of urea cycle metabolism
Approximate Synonyms
  • Arginase deficiency
  • Argininaemia
  • Argininemia
  • Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency
  • Arginosuccinate lyase deficiency
  • Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency
  • Citrullinemia
  • Congenital hyperammonemia, type I
  • Deficiency, arginosuccinate lyase
  • Deficiency, carbamyl phosphate synthetase
  • Deficiency, N acetylglutamate synthetase
  • Deficiency, ornithine transcarbamylase
  • Disorder of ornithine metabolism
  • Disorder of the urea cycle metabolism
  • Disorder of urea cycle metabolism
  • Hyperammonemia
  • Hyperammonemia, type III
  • Hyperornithinemia hyperammonemia homocitrullinemia
  • Hyperornithinemia hyperammonemia homocitrullinemia syndrome
  • Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome
  • N-acetylglutamate synthetase deficiency
  • Ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency
  • Ornithine metabolism disorder
  • Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
  • Urea cycle metabolism disorder
Applies To
  • Argininosuccinic aciduria
  • Citrullinemia
  • Disorders of metabolism of ornithine, citrulline, argininosuccinic acid, arginine, and ammonia
  • Hyperammonemia
  • Hyperornithinemia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 270.6:
  • Acidemia 276.2
    • arginosuccinic 270.6
  • Aciduria 791.9
    • arginosuccinic 270.6
  • Arginosuccinicaciduria 270.6
  • Citrullinemia 270.6
  • Citrullinuria 270.6
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • argininosuccinate synthetase or lyase 270.6
    • carbamyl phosphate synthetase 270.6
    • ornithine transcarbamylase 270.6
  • Disorder - see also Disease
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
  • Hyperaminoaciduria 270.9
    • arginine 270.6
    • citrulline 270.6
    • ornithine 270.6
  • Hyperammonemia (congenital) 270.6
  • Hyperornithinemia 270.6
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