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253 Disorders of the pituitary gland and its hypothalamic control

          Includes: the listed conditions whether the disorder is in the pituitary
           or the hypothalamus
          Excludes: Cushing's syndrome (255.0)

253.0 Acromegaly and gigantism

          Arthropathy associated with acromegaly
          Overproduction of growth hormone

253.1 Other anterior pituitary hyperfunction

          Excludes: overproduction of:
           ACTH (255.3)
           thyroid-stimulating hormone (242.8)

253.2 Panhypopituitarism

          Cachexia, pituitary
          Necrosis of pituitary (post-partum)
          Pituitary insufficiency NOS
          Sheehan's syndrome
          Simmonds's disease
          Excludes: iatrogenic hypopituitarism (253.7)

253.3 Pituitary dwarfism

          Isolated deficiency of growth hormone
          Lorain-Levi dwarfism

253.4 Other anterior pituitary disorders

          Isolated or partial deficiency of an anterior pituitary hormone, other than
           growth hormone

253.5 Diabetes insipidus

          Excludes: nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (588.1)

253.6 Other disorders of neurohypophysis

          Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone

253.7 Iatrogenic pituitary disorders

          Hypopituitarism:
           hormone-induced
           hypophysectomy-induced
           radiotherapy-induced
          Use additional E code, if desired, to identify cause

253.8 Other disorders of the pituitary and other syndromes of

           diencephalohypophyseal origin
          Abscess of pituitary Cyst of Rathke's pouch
          Adiposogenital dystrophy Fr”hlich's syndrome

253.9 Unspecified

          Dyspituitarism
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