Protein-calorie malnutrition of moderate and mild degree

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

E44.0 Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition
E44.1 Mild protein-calorie malnutrition

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Protein-calorie malnutrition of moderate and mild degree

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.

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)