Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 277.87
Disorders of mitochondrial metabolism
  • Short description: Dis mitochondrial metab.
  • ICD-9-CM 277.87 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 277.87 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 277.87.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 277.87: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 277.87 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E88.40 Mitochondrial metabolism disorder, unspecified
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E88.41 MELAS syndrome
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E88.42 MERRF syndrome
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E88.49 Other mitochondrial metabolism disorders
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H49.819 Kearns-Sayre syndrome, unspecified eye
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bilat Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Bilateral Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Defect, mitochondrial metabolism
  • Disorder of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes
  • Juvenile myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis AND stroke
  • Kearns sayre syndrome
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome, both eyes
  • L Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Left Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Mitochondrial disorder, respiratory chain
  • Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke like episodes
  • Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke
  • Mitochondrial metabolism defect
  • Mitochondrial metabolism disorder
  • Mitochondrial mutation
  • Mitochondrial myopathy
  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorder
  • Myoclonus epilepsy AND ragged red fibers
  • Myoclonus epilepsy and ragged red fibers syndrome
  • Myopathy, mitochondrial
  • Neurogenic muscle weakness, ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa
  • Pearson's syndrome
  • R Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Right Kearns-Sayre syndrome
277.87 Excludes
  • disorders of pyruvate metabolism (271.8)
  • Leber's optic atrophy (377.16)
  • Leigh's subacute necrotizing encephalopathy (330.8)
  • Reye's syndrome (331.81)
Applies To
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS syndrome)
  • Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE)
  • Myoclonus with Epilepsy and with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF syndrome)
  • Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP syndrome)
Use Additional
  • Use additional code for associated conditions
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 277.87:
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • mitochondrial metabolism 277.87
  • Fukuhara syndrome 277.87
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome 277.87
  • MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) 277.87
  • MERRF syndrome (myoclonus with epilepsy and with ragged red fibers) 277.87
  • Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS syndrome) 277.87
  • Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE) 277.87
  • Myoclonus (familial essential) (multifocal) (simplex) 333.2
    • with epilepsy and with ragged red fibers (MERRF syndrome) 277.87
  • NARP (ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa syndrome) 277.87
  • Neuropathy, neuropathic (see also Disorder, nerve) 355.9
    • ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP syndrome) 277.87
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Fukuhara 277.87
    • Kearns-Sayre 277.87
    • MELAS (mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) 277.87
    • MERRF (myoclonus with epilepsy and with ragged red fibers) 277.87
    • mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE) 277.87
    • MNGIE (mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy) 277.87
    • NARP (neuropathy, ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa) 277.87
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