Hyperuricemia without signs of inflammatory arthritis and tophaceous disease
- E79.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Hyperuricemia w/o signs of inflam arthrit and tophaceous dis
- The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM E79.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E79.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 E79.0 may differ.
Applicable To
- Asymptomatic hyperuricemia
The following code(s) above E79.0 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to E79.0:
- E00-E89 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- E70-E88 Metabolic disorders
- E79 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Approximate Synonyms
- Asymptomatic hyperuricemia
- Hyperuricemia
- Hyperuricemia (high uric acid in blood)
ICD-10-CM E79.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):
Convert E79.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to E79.0:
- Type 1 Excludes: R79
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E79.0:
- Hyperuricemia E79.0 (asymptomatic)
- Lithemia E79.0
- Uric acid in blood E79.0 (increased)
- Uricacidemia E79.0 (asymptomatic)
- Uricemia E79.0 (asymptomatic)