ICD-10-CM › E00-E89 › E40-E46 › E44 Protein-calorie malnutrition of... › E44.1
Mild protein-calorie malnutrition
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Mild 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.
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
- Avitaminosis
- Undernutrition
- Hypovitaminosis
- Undernourishment
- Vitamin deficiency
- Deprivation > protein
- Deprivation > vitamins
- Protein > malnutrition
- Protein > deficiency NEC
- Imbalance > protein-energy
- Deficiency, deficient > factor
- Deficiency, deficient > protein
- Deficiency, deficient > clotting
- Inanition > due to > malnutrition
- Calorie deficiency or malnutrition
- Disturbance > absorption > vitamin
- Nutrition deficient or insufficient
- Deficiency, deficient > energy-supply
- Encephalopathy > in > lack of vitamin
- Malnutrition > degree > mild
- Malnutrition > degree > first
- Malnutrition > protein > energy > mild
- Malnutrition > protein > calorie > mild
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| E44.0 | Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition | Valid |