Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 271.3
Intestinal disaccharidase deficiencies and disaccharide malabsorption
  • Short description: Disaccharidase def/malab.
  • ICD-9-CM 271.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 271.3 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 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 271.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 271.3: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 271.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E74.39 Other disorders of intestinal carbohydrate absorption
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acquired lactase deficiency
  • Congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption
  • Congenital lactase deficiency
  • Deficiency of isomaltase
  • Disaccharidase deficiency
  • Disacchariduria
  • Glucose malabsorption
  • Glucose-galactose malabsorption
  • Hereditary gastrogenic lactose intolerance
  • Impaired glucose tolerance in nonobese
  • Intestinal disaccharidase deficiency
  • Lactase deficiency
  • Lactase deficiency in diseases other than of the small intestine
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Lactose intolerance in children without lactase deficiency
  • Lactosuria
  • Malabsorption of glucose
  • Nonpersistence of intestinal lactase
  • Primary lactose intolerance
  • Secondary lactase deficiency
  • Small intestine glucose intolerance
  • Sucrase isomaltase deficiency
  • Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency
  • Sucrose intolerance
  • Sucrosuria
Applies To
  • Intolerance or malabsorption (congenital) (of):
    • glucose-galactose
    • lactose
    • sucrose-isomaltose
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 271.3:
  • Absorption
    • lactose defect 271.3
  • Alactasia (hereditary) 271.3
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • disaccharidase (intestinal) 271.3
    • invertase 271.3
    • lactase 271.3
    • sucrase 271.3
    • sucrase-isomaltase 271.3
  • Disorder - see also Disease
  • Intolerance
    • dissacharide (hereditary) 271.3
    • glucose (-galactose) (congenital) 271.3
    • lactose (hereditary) (infantile) 271.3
    • sucrose (-isomaltose) (congenital) 271.3
  • Lacticemia 271.3
  • Lactosuria 271.3
  • Malabsorption 579.9
    • disaccharide 271.3
    • glucose-galactose (congenital) 271.3
    • isomaltose 271.3
    • lactose (hereditary) 271.3
    • sucrose (-isomaltose) (congenital) 271.3
  • Maltosuria 271.3
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