E34.3
Header — not billableShort stature due to endocrine disorder
The ICD-10 code for short stature due to endocrine disorder is E34.3.
E34.3 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- achondroplastic short stature (Q77.4)
- hypochondroplastic short stature (Q77.4)
- nutritional short stature (E45)
- pituitary short stature (E23.0)
- progeria (E34.8)
- renal short stature (N25.0)
- Russell-Silver syndrome (Q87.19)
- short-limbed stature with immunodeficiency (D82.2)
- short stature (child) (R62.52)
- short stature in specific dysmorphic syndromes - code to syndrome - see Alphabetical Index
- short stature NOS (R62.52)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- E34.0Carcinoid syndromenon-billable header
- E34.1Other hypersecretion of intestinal hormones
- E34.2Ectopic hormone secretion, not elsewhere classified
- E34.4Constitutional tall stature
- E34.5Androgen insensitivity syndromenon-billable header
- E34.8Other specified endocrine disorders
- E34.9Endocrine disorder, unspecified
- E34.3Short stature due to endocrine disordernon-billable header
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 2594