ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K90-K95 › K90 Intestinal malabsorption › K90.4

K90.4

Other malabsorption due to intolerance

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • K90.41 Non-celiac gluten sensitivity
  • K90.49 Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified

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 Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified
  2. FY2017 Description revised Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified Other malabsorption due to intolerance
  3. FY2017 Stopped being billable

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 K90 Intestinal malabsorption

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K90.0 Celiac disease Valid
K90.1 Tropical sprue Valid
K90.2 Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified Valid
K90.3 Pancreatic steatorrhea Valid
K90.8 Other intestinal malabsorption Not billable
K90.9 Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified Valid