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E42

Marasmic kwashiorkor

Instruction Source: E42

Marasmic kwashiorkor

Instruction Source: E40-E46

Malnutrition (E40-E46)

Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)

  • intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
  • sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition (E64.0)

Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)

  • nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
  • starvation (T73.0)
Instruction Source: E00-E89

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)

  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)

Clinical 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.
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