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E72.03 ICD-10-CM Code: Lowe's syndrome

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
12 Excludes1 · 1 Excludes2 · 1 use-additional code
Risk adjustment
CMS-HCC V22 category 23 · RxHCC V08 category 43

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 642 — INBORN AND OTHER DISORDERS OF METABOLISM (MDC 10)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for E72.03 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on E72.03 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from E70-E88

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code for associated glaucoma (H42)

Coder workflow for E72.03

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code E72.03

  1. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with E72.03. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in E72.03’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewE70.5, E70, E71.3, E79, M1A, M10

Consider E72.03. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting E72.03(12 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with E72.03: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareE70.5, E70, E71.3, E79, M1A, M10

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

  • Excludes2 — not part of E72.03(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in E72.03. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareQ79.6

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying E72.03(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with E72.03 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    ReviewH42

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition E72.03 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewE70.5, E70, E71.3, E79, M1A, M10

Documentation: A condition the Use Additional Code note names is documented.

Coding question: Is a second code reported with E72.03?

Path: Review the Use Additional Code note and the code it names.

Reason: The additional code is reported when the record documents the condition; a conditional instruction applies only when its condition is met (Guidelines I.A.13).

ReviewH42

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Lowe's syndrome is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E72.03).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Decision Points

The directives on this code's own record, as a pre-claim checklist.

  1. 1 Use Additional Code instruction — report the named additional code(s) when the documentation supports them. See the Use Additional Code notes
  2. 12 Excludes1 entries — codes named there are generally not reported together with this code (Guidelines I.A.12.a). See the Excludes1 notes
  3. 1 Excludes2 entry — those conditions are not part of this code and may be reported additionally when documented. See the Excludes2 notes

Checklist rows are derived from this code's own official directives; the wording of each check is MedCoder editorial. The official notes themselves are in the sections each row links to.

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2026). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name E72.03 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 8 Excludes1 notes across 3 chapters: D61.03 — Fanconi anemia (via E72.0.-), P59 — Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes (via E72.-), R79 — Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry (via E72.-), R79.83 — Abnormal findings of blood amino-acid level (via E72.-), R80 — Proteinuria (via E72.-), R80-R82 — Abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82) (via E72.-), R81 — Glycosuria (via E72.-), R82 — Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine (via E72.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 4 Excludes2 notes across 2 chapters: G11 — Hereditary ataxia (via E72.-), G71 — Primary disorders of muscles (via E72.-), N25.0 — Renal osteodystrophy (via E72.-), N25.81 — Secondary hyperparathyroidism of renal origin (via E72.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 3 Code First instructions across 2 chapters: G63 — Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere (via E72.-), H42 — Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere (via E72.-), H42 — Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere.

Each of these codes carries a Code First note naming this condition — when that code is reported, THIS code is sequenced first, ahead of it.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 1 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 1 MS-DRG: DRG 642 (MDC 10).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):END016 — Other specified and unspecified nutritional and metabolic disorders (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Other specified and unspecified nutritional and metabolic disorders).

E71.528 — Other X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, E71.529 — X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, unspecified type, E71.53 — Other group 2 peroxisomal disorders, E71.540 — Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, E71.541 — Zellweger-like syndrome, E71.542 — Other group 3 peroxisomal disorders, E71.548 — Other peroxisomal disorders, E72.00 — Disorders of amino-acid transport, unspecified, E72.01 — Cystinuria, E72.02 — Hartnup's disease, E72.04 — Cystinosis, E72.09 — Other disorders of amino-acid transport, E72.10 — Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, unspecified, E72.11 — Homocystinuria, E72.12 — Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency, E72.19 — Other disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, E72.20 — Disorder of urea cycle metabolism, unspecified, E72.21 — Argininemia, E72.22 — Arginosuccinic aciduria, E72.23 — Citrullinemia, +258 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Dystrophy, dystrophia”, “Glaucoma”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

A18.59 — Other tuberculosis of eye (tuberculous), A52.71 — Late syphilitic oculopathy (syphilitic), B73.02 — Onchocerciasis with glaucoma (in, onchocerciasis), E23.6 — Other disorders of pituitary gland (adiposogenital), E31.8 — Other polyglandular dysfunction (polyglandular), E34.9 — Endocrine disorder, unspecified (in, endocrine disease NOS), E45 — Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition (nutritional), E75.6 — Lipid storage disorder, unspecified (retinal, in, systemic lipidoses), E85.4 — Organ-limited amyloidosis (in, amyloidosis), E88.9 — Metabolic disorder, unspecified (in, metabolic disease NOS), G31.89 — Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system (infantile neuraxonal), G60.0 — Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (muscular, progressive, Charcot-Marietype), G71.00 — Muscular dystrophy, unspecified (muscular), G71.01 — Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy (Becker's type), G71.02 — Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (Erb's), G71.031 — Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy (muscular, limb-girdle, D3), G71.032 — Autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to calpain-3 dysfunction (muscular, limb-girdle, R1), G71.033 — Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction (muscular, limb-girdle, R2), G71.0341 — Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to alpha sarcoglycan dysfunction (muscular, limb-girdle, R3), G71.0342 — Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to beta sarcoglycan dysfunction (muscular, limb-girdle, R4), +59 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of E72.03 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run E72.03 with these 14 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Use Additional Code

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Referenced by Code First instructions

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

  • CC — Complication or Comorbidity [MS-DRG severity]: “As a secondary diagnosis this code can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier (CC).”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix C) · FY2026
  • DRG 642 — INBORN AND OTHER DISORDERS OF METABOLISM[MS-DRG]: “INBORN AND OTHER DISORDERS OF METABOLISM (MDC 10)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026

MDC crossing

  • MDC 10 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Disorders[MDC crossing]: “Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Disorders — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 5,008 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

  • Dystrophy, dystrophia, oculocerebrorenal[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Glaucoma, in (due to), Lowe's syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Lowe's syndrome[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (38)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

MedCoder.ai. "E72.03 — Lowe's syndrome." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/e72.03-lowes-syndrome

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Lowe's syndrome

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to E72.03 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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