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E64.8

Sequelae of other nutritional deficiencies

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Sequelae of other nutritional deficiencies

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 E64 Sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies

Code first

  • condition resulting from (sequela) of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies

Note

  • This category is to be used to indicate conditions in categories E43, E44, E46, E50-E63 as the cause of sequelae, which are themselves classified elsewhere. The 'sequelae' include conditions specified as such; they also include the late effects of diseases classifiable to the above categories if the disease itself is no longer present

Inherited from the E50-E64 section Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • nutritional anemias (D50-D53)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
E64.0 Sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition Valid
E64.1 Sequelae of vitamin A deficiency Valid
E64.2 Sequelae of vitamin C deficiency Valid
E64.3 Sequelae of rickets Valid
E64.9 Sequelae of unspecified nutritional deficiency Valid