`E34.31` Constitutional short stature

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

Constitutional delay of growth, puberty, or maturation

Applies from E34 Other endocrine disorders

Excludes1 (never code together)

pseudohypoparathyroidism (E20.1)

Applies from E34.3 Short stature due to endocrine disorder

Excludes1 (never code together)

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)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 643-645 in MDC 10.

Code annotations containing back-references to E34.31

Back-references to E34.3

Type 1 Excludes: E23 Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary gland ("short stature due to endocrine disorder (E34.3-)")
Type 1 Excludes: R62.52 Short stature (child) ("short stature due to endocrine disorder (E34.3-)")

Back-references to E34

Code First: G63 Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("endocrine disease, except diabetes (E00-E07, E15-E16, E20-E34)")

Diagnosis Index entries for E34.31

Dwarfism › constitutional
Short, shortening, shortness › stature (child) (hereditary) (idiopathic) NEC › constitutional

Nearby codes

E34.09 Other carcinoid syndrome
E34.1 Other hypersecretion of intestinal hormones
E34.2 Ectopic hormone secretion, not elsewhere classified
E34.3 Short stature due to endocrine disorder
E34.30 Short stature due to endocrine disorder, unspecified
E34.31 Constitutional short stature (this code)
E34.32 Genetic causes of short stature
E34.321 Primary insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) deficiency
E34.322 Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) resistance
E34.328 Other genetic causes of short stature
E34.329 Unspecified genetic causes of short stature