Block in Chapter 4
E40–E46
Malnutrition
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.
Categories in this block 7
- E40KwashiorkorBillable
- E41Nutritional marasmusBillable
- E42Marasmic kwashiorkorBillable
- E43Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutritionBillable
- E44Protein-calorie malnutrition of moderate and mild degree
- E45Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutritionBillable
- E46Unspecified protein-calorie malnutritionBillable