Malnutrition E40-E46
Malnutrition can lead to:
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Coding professionals would use ICD-10-CM code E43 to report severe malnutrition, also known as starvation edema. They would use ICD-10-CM code E42 to report severe protein-calorie malnutrition with signs of both kwashiorkor and marasmus.
Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition E46 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM E46 became effective on October 1, 2021.
E63.9ICD-10 code E63. 9 for Nutritional deficiency, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .
E44.00.
Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
The lack of sufficient energy or protein to meet the body's metabolic demands, as a result of either an inadequate dietary intake of protein, intake of poor quality dietary protein, increased demands due to disease, or increased nutrient losses.
Dietary counseling and surveillance Z71. 3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z71. 3 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10-CM Code for Anorexia R63.
Mild Malnutrition • Food intake < 50-75% of normal in the preceding week. • Weight loss less than that listed for Malnutrition of a Moderate Degree.
ICD-10 code R63. 6 for Underweight is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
Protein-Calorie Malnutrition (PCM) refers to a nutritional status in which reduced availability of nutrients leads to changes in body composition and function [1].
Cancer and cancer treatment may cause malnutrition. An imbalanced nutritional status resulted from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.
Malnutrition, not enough calories in diet. Nutritional disorder. Protein calorie malnutrition. Protein-calorie malnutrition with hypoalbuminemia. Clinical Information. A condition caused by not getting enough calories or the right amount of key nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, that are needed for health.
Chronic disease, or acute disease/injury with severe systemic inflammation, or socio-economic/environmental starvation. Under the new criteria, severity of malnutrition is based on phenotypic criteria only, and requires one phenotypic criterion that meets these thresholds: Moderate (stage 1) malnutrition. Severe (stage 2) malnutrition.
Etiologic criteria. Reduced nutritional intake. < 50% of requirement for > 1 week, or any reduction greater than > 2 weeks, or chronic GI disorders with advers e nutrition impact. Inflammation.
Malnutrition stage is not an indexed term, so if Stage 1 is documented, code E46 (unspecified malnutrition) may be used. If only Stage 2 is documented, it must be clarified as severe for correct coding of the condition. At this time, the ASPEN criteria are still being followed in the U.S.