E27.3 is the authoritative medical code for Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency (ICD-10-CM E27.3), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code E27.3. Excludes1 (not coded here): galactorrhea N64.3; gynecomastia N62. Use additional code: code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5).
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for E27.3 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- galactorrhea N64.3
- gynecomastia N62
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with E27.3?
Per Excludes1 instructions, E27.3 must not be reported with: galactorrhea (N64.3); gynecomastia (N62).
Is an additional code needed with E27.3?
Use additional code(s) to specify: code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5).
Codes in This Family (10)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as E27.3, with their registry titles.
- E27 — Other disorders of adrenal gland
- E27.0 — Other adrenocortical overactivity
- E27.1 — Primary adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.2 — Addisonian crisis
- E27.4 — Other and unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.40 — Unspecified adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.49 — Other adrenocortical insufficiency
- E27.5 — Adrenomedullary hyperfunction
- E27.8 — Other specified disorders of adrenal gland
- E27.9 — Disorder of adrenal gland, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (4)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Hypofunction, adrenocortical, drug-induced
- Insufficiency, insufficient, adrenocortical, drug-induced
- Insufficiency, insufficient, adrenocortical, iatrogenic
- Steroid, effects (adverse) (adrenocortical) (iatrogenic), insufficiency
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