E87.20

Billable

Acidosis, unspecified

Acidosis, unspecified

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

E70-E88

Parent Code

E87.2

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Alternative clinical terms for this condition

  • Lactic acidosis NOS
  • Metabolic acidosis NOS

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

Code Also

A second code may be required; sequencing depends on circumstances

Related Codes(3)
E87.21

Acute metabolic acidosis

BillableE87.22

Chronic metabolic acidosis

BillableE87.29

Other acidosis

Billable
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(225)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Clinical Terms

  • Acidosis due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Lactic acidosis
  • Acidoses
  • Acidosis NOS
  • GRACILE syndrome
  • Finnish lactic acidosis with hepatic hemosiderosis
  • Hyperkalaemic acidosis
  • Acidosis, Metabolic
  • Metabolic acidosis, normal anion gap, bicarbonate losses
  • Fellman syndrome
  • Hyperkalemic acidosis
  • COXPD10 - combined oxidative phosphorylation defect type 10
  • Lactic acidosis (disorder)
  • Metabolic acidosis, normal anion gap, acidifying salts
  • Lacticacidosis
  • Hyperkalaemic syndrome
  • Hyperchloraemic acidosis
  • Lactic acidosis due to diabetes mellitus
  • Juvenile myopathy AND lactate acidosis
  • Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome encephalomyopathic form
  • Metabolic Acidosis
  • Metabolic acidosis caused by salicylate
  • Diabetic lactic acidosis
  • Hyperchloremic acidosis associated with dialysis
  • Acidemia
  • Hydrops foetalis
  • Metabolic acidosis, normal anion gap
  • Hydrops, lactic acidosis, sideroblastic anemia, multisystemic failure syndrome
  • Metabolic acidosis NOS
  • Metabolic acidosis, IAG, reduced excretion of inorganic acids
  • Hyperkalaemia
  • Metabolic disorder of fetus
  • Hyperchloraemic acidosis associated with dialysis
  • Hypertrophic mitochondrial cardiomyopathy
  • metabolic acidosis disorder
  • Acidaemia
  • acidosis metabolic
  • Acidoses, Metabolic
  • Hyperpotassemia
  • Combined oxidative phosphorylation defect type 10
  • Renal acidaemia
  • acidosis lactic
  • Fetal anemia
  • Fatal infantile lactic acidosis with methylmalonic aciduria
  • Hyperkalemic syndrome
  • Metabolic acidosis, normal anion gap, failure of bicarbonate regeneration
  • K excess
  • Potassium excess
  • Foetal anaemia
  • Mitochondrial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with lactic acidosis due to mitochondrial transfer ribonucleic acid translation optimisation 1 deficiency
  • Metabolic acidosis, increased anion gap
  • K overload
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Hypertrophic mitochondrial cardiomyopathy associated with cataracts and lactic acidosis
  • Metabolic acidosis, NAG, failure of bicarbonate regeneration
  • Fetal metabolic disorder
  • Infantile encephalopathy AND lactic acidosis
  • Lactic acidaemia
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with hypotonia and lactic acidosis syndrome
  • Acidosis, Lactic
  • Metabolic acidosis caused by methanol
  • Metabolic acidosis, NAG, acidifying salts
  • Mitochondrial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with lactic acidosis due to MTO1 deficiency
  • Metabolic acidosis with diabetes mellitus
  • Metabolic acidosis, increased anion gap (IAG)
  • Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid depletion syndrome encephalomyopathic form
  • Fatal infantile lactic acidosis co-occurrent with methylmalonic aciduria
  • Finnish lethal neonatal metabolic syndrome
  • Hydrops fetalis
  • lactacidosis
  • HF - Hydrops fetalis
  • Metabolic acidosis, normal anion gap (NAG)
  • Metabolic acidosis caused by paraldehyde
  • Metabolic acidosis, NAG, bicarbonate losses
  • Mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis, hearing loss syndrome
  • Lactic acidemia
  • Foetal acidosis
  • Hyperchloremic acidosis
  • Mitochondrial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with lactic acidosis due to mitochondrial transfer ribonucleic acid translation optimization 1 deficiency
  • Hypokalaemic acidosis
  • Mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis, deafness syndrome
  • Metabolic acidosis (disorder)
  • D-lactate acidosis
  • Renal acidemia
  • Acidosis (disorder)
  • Growth retardation, amino aciduria, cholestasis, iron overload, lactic acidosis, and early death
  • Metabolic acidosis, increased anion gap, reduced excretion of inorganic acids
  • Metabolic acidosis caused by ethylene glycol
  • Lactic acidosis with diabetes mellitus
  • Metabolic acidosis, IAG, accumulation of organic acids
  • Metabolic acidosis due to grain overload
  • Compensated acidosis
  • Metabolic Acidoses
  • Diabetic metabolic acidosis
  • Growth and developmental delay, hypotonia, vision impairment, lactic acidosis syndrome
  • Hyperpotassaemia
  • Compensated metabolic acidosis
  • Hydrops, lactic acidosis, sideroblastic anaemia, multisystemic failure syndrome
  • HF - Hydrops foetalis
  • Fetal acidosis
  • Fetal anaemia
  • Hypokalemic acidosis
  • Metabolic acidosis, increased anion gap, accumulation of organic acids
  • Metabolic acidosis due to diabetes mellitus
  • D-lactic acidosis
  • Lactic acidosis NOS
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for acidosis, unspecified?

The ICD-10-CM code for acidosis, unspecified is E87.20. The full clinical description is "Acidosis, unspecified". E87.20 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code E87.20 mean?

ICD-10-CM code E87.20 represents “Acidosis, unspecified”. It is classified under Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is E87.20 a billable code?

Yes, E87.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is E87.20 in?

E87.20 is in Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (codes E00-E89).

What codes cannot be used with E87.20?

E87.20 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74); androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-); congenital adrenal hyperplasia (E25.0); and 9 more.

What SNOMED CT codes does E87.20 map to?

E87.20 maps to 44 SNOMED CT concepts: 70731005, 51387008, 721284006, 771478008, 59702004, and 39 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for E87.20?

E87.20 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0001122, C0220981, C0001125. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does E87.20 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like acidosis, unspecified affect a person's functioning: body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

What is the ICD-11 equivalent of E87.20?

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for E87.20 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.

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