E44.0 Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition

Instructional Notes:

E44.0
Description: Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition
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E44
Description: Protein-calorie malnutrition of moderate and mild degree
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E40-E46
Description: Malnutrition (E40-E46)
Exclude1:
- intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
- sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition (E64.0)
Exclude2:
- nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
- starvation (T73.0)
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E00-E89
Description: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Exclude1:
- transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
Notes:
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.