E27.0 Other adrenocortical overactivity
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Applicable to
- Overproduction of ACTH, not associated with Cushing's disease
- Premature adrenarche
Excludes1 (never code together)
- Cushing's syndrome (E24.-)
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)
255.3 Other corticoadrenal overactivity (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to E27.0
Back-references to E27.0
- Type 1 Excludes:
E22 Hyperfunction of pituitary gland ("overproduction of ACTH not associated with Cushing's disease (E27.0)")
Back-references to E27
- Code First:
G63 Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("endocrine disease, except diabetes (E00-E07, E15-E16, E20-E34)")
Diagnosis Index entries for E27.0
- Adrenarche, premature
- Disease, diseased › adrenal (capsule) (cortex) (gland) (medullary) › hyperfunction
- Disease, diseased › suprarenal (capsule) (gland) › hyperfunction
- Dysadrenocortism › hyperfunction
- Dysfunction › adrenal › hyperfunction
- Dysfunction › suprarenal › hyperfunction
- Hyperadrenocorticism › not associated with Cushing's syndrome
- Hyperfunction › adrenal cortex, not associated with Cushing's syndrome
- Hypersecretion › ACTH (not associated with Cushing's syndrome)
- Hypersecretion › hormone (s) › ACTH (not associated with Cushing's syndrome)
- Overactive › adrenal cortex NEC
- Overproduction › ACTH
- Premature › adrenarche
- Schroeder's syndrome (endocrine hypertensive)
- Slocumb's syndrome
- Syndrome › endocrine-hypertensive
- Syndrome › Schroeder's
- Syndrome › Slocumb's
- Syndrome › suprarenal cortical
Nearby codes
E27 Other disorders of adrenal glandE27.0 Other adrenocortical overactivity (this code)E27.1 Primary adrenocortical insufficiencyE27.2 Addisonian crisisE27.3 Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiencyE27.4 Other and unspecified adrenocortical insufficiencyE27.40 Unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency