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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 253.3
Pituitary dwarfism
- form of dwarfism due to deficient release of growth hormone which may result from dysfunction of the hypothalamus or anterior pituitary gland.
- ICD-9-CM 253.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Applies To
- Isolated deficiency of (human) growth hormone [HGH]
- Lorain-Levi dwarfism
Convert 253.3 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 253.3 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM E23.0 Hypopituitarism
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 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
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
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