Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified severe protein- calorie malnutrition
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Unspecified severe protein- calorie malnutrition~~ Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Also known as

Starvation edema

Inherited from the E40-E46 section Malnutrition (E40-E46)

Excludes1 - never coded here

intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition (E64.0)

Excludes2 - not included here

nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
starvation (T73.0)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Deficit
Pitting
Lipedema
Avitaminosis
Famine > edema
Undernutrition
Hypovitaminosis
Pre-kwashiorkor
Undernourishment
Dropsy, dropsical
Retention > water
Starvation > edema
Vitamin deficiency
Leukoencephalopathy
Deprivation > protein
Hydrops > nutritional
Deprivation > vitamins
Inanition > with edema
Protein > malnutrition
Protein > deficiency NEC
Edema, edematous > famine
Imbalance > protein-energy
Edema, edematous > inanition
Deficiency, deficient > edema
Edema, edematous > starvation
Deficiency, deficient > factor
Edema, edematous > nutritional
Sclerosis, sclerotic > choroid
Defect, defective > coagulation
Deficiency, deficient > protein
Cachexia > due to > malnutrition
Deficiency, deficient > clotting
Disorder > choroid > degeneration
Inanition > due to > malnutrition
Calorie deficiency or malnutrition
Disturbance > absorption > vitamin
Nutrition deficient or insufficient
Deficiency, deficient > energy-supply
Encephalopathy > in > lack of vitamin
Degeneration, degenerative > chorioretinal

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