E23.6 Other disorders of pituitary gland
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.
Applicable to
- Abscess of pituitary
- Adiposogenital dystrophy
Applies from E23 Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland
Includes
- the listed conditions whether the disorder is in the pituitary or the hypothalamus
Excludes1 (never code together)
- postprocedural hypopituitarism (E89.3)
- short stature due to endocrine disorder (E34.3-)
Risk adjustment (HCC)
- CMS-HCC V22: HCC 23 — Other Significant Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- RxHCC V08: HCC 43 — Pituitary, Adrenal Gland, and Other Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- ESRD V24: HCC 23
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 643-645 in MDC 10.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
253.8 Other disorders of the pituitary and other syndromes of diencephalohypophyseal origin (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to E23.6
Back-references to E23.6
- Type 2 Excludes:
E66 Overweight and obesity ("adiposogenital dystrophy (E23.6)")
Back-references to E23
- Code First:
G63 Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("endocrine disease, except diabetes (E00-E07, E15-E16, E20-E34)")
Diagnosis Index entries for E23.6
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › pituitary (gland)
- Adiposis › cerebralis
- Adiposogenital dystrophy
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › craniobuccal pouch
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › craniopharyngeal pouch
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › hypophysis, hypophyseal (duct) (recurrent)
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › hypophysis, hypophyseal (duct) (recurrent) › cerebri
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › intrasellar
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › pituitary (duct) (gland)
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › Rathke's pouch
- Degeneration, degenerative › pituitary (gland)
- Disorder (of) › pituitary gland › specified NEC
- Dystrophy, dystrophia › adiposogenital
- Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical) › pituitary
- Fröhlich's syndrome
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) › pituitary (gland)
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic › pituitary (anterior) (fossa) (gland)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic › genitalia, genital organ (s) › in adiposogenital dystrophy
- Infarct, infarction › hypophysis (anterior lobe)
- Infarct, infarction › pituitary (gland)
- Obesity › pituitary
- Syndrome › adiposogenital
Nearby codes
E23 Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary glandE23.0 HypopituitarismE23.1 Drug-induced hypopituitarismE23.2 Diabetes insipidusE23.3 Hypothalamic dysfunction, not elsewhere classifiedE23.6 Other disorders of pituitary gland (this code)E23.7 Disorder of pituitary gland, unspecified