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Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 253.4
Other anterior pituitary disorders
  • Short description: Anter pituitary dis NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 253.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 253.4 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 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 253.4.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 253.4: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 253.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E23.6 Other disorders of pituitary gland
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abnormal prolactin
  • Anterior pituitary disorder
  • Anterior pituitary hormone deficiency
  • Atypical ichthyosis vulgaris with hypogonadism
  • Decreased hormone secretion
  • Disorder of anterior pituitary
  • Early onset cerebellar ataxia with hypogonadism
  • Female hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
  • Female infertility due to pituitary disorder
  • Female infertility of pituitary origin
  • Follicle stimulating hormone deficiency
  • FSH - follicle stimulating hormone deficiency
  • Gonadotroph hyperplasia
  • Gonadotropin deficiency, isolated
  • Gonadotropin releasing factor deficiency
  • Growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction
  • Hypogonadal facial wrinkling
  • Hypogonadal facies
  • Hypogonadism
  • Hypogonadism w anosmia
  • Hypogonadism with anosmia
  • Hypogonadism, anosmia
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to isolated gonadotropin deficiency
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to luteinizing hormone deficiency
  • Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
  • Isolated deficiency of hormone other than HGH
  • Isolated follitropin deficiency
  • Isolated gonadotropin deficiency
  • Isolated lutropin deficiency
  • Isolated prolactin deficiency
  • Isolated thyroliberin deficiency
  • Laurence-Moon syndrome
  • LH - luteinizing hormone deficiency
  • Luteinizing hormone deficiency
  • Pituitary disorder, anterior
  • Primary hypogonadism
  • Progressive cerebellar ataxia with hypogonadism
  • Somatotropin deficiency
  • Steroid suppression of ACTH secretion
Applies To
  • Isolated or partial deficiency of an anterior pituitary hormone, other than growth hormone
  • Prolactin deficiency
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 253.4:
  • Decrease, decreased
    • function
      • adrenal (cortex) 255.41
      • ovary in hypopituitarism 253.4
      • parenchyma of pancreas 577.8
      • pituitary (gland) (lobe) (anterior) 253.2
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) 253.4
    • FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) 253.4
    • hormone - see also Deficiency, by specific hormone
      • anterior pituitary (isolated) (partial) NEC 253.4
      • follicle-stimulating 253.4
      • growth (human) (isolated) 253.3
      • human growth 253.3
      • interstitial cell-stimulating 253.4
      • luteinizing 253.4
      • melanocyte-stimulating 253.4
      • testicular 257.2
    • ICSH (interstitial cell-stimulating hormone) 253.4
    • interstitial cell-stimulating hormone (ICSH) 253.4
    • LH (luteinizing hormone) 253.4
    • luteinizing hormone (LH) 253.4
    • melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) 253.4
    • prolactin 253.4
  • Delay, delayed
    • menarche 256.39
      • due to pituitary hypofunction 253.4
  • Disorder - see also Disease
  • Dysplasia - see also Anomaly
    • olfactogenital 253.4
  • Hypoadrenocorticism 255.41
    • pituitary 253.4
  • Hypogonadism
    • gonadotrophic (isolated) 253.4
    • hypogonadotropic (isolated) (with anosmia) 253.4
    • isolated 253.4
    • pituitary (secondary) 253.4
  • Hyposecretion
    • ACTH 253.4
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • gonadotropic hormone secretion 253.4
  • Kallmann's syndrome (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with anosmia) 253.4
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Kallmann's (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with anosmia) 253.4
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