E40
Kwashiorkor
Risk-adjusting (HCC)Billable code
HCC risk adjustment mapping
CMS-HCC ESRD V24
HCC21
Protein-Calorie Malnutrition
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
This code · E40
Excludes 1
marasmic kwashiorkor (E42)
Synonyms
Severe malnutrition with nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair
Inherited from E40-E46Malnutrition
Inherited from chapter 4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Excludes 1
transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
Note
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.
Official Guidelines for E40
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12 index paths lead to this code
- Kwashiorkor
- Pluricarential syndrome of infancy
- Polycarential syndrome of infancy
- Malnutrition › malignant
- Syndrome › pluricarential of infancy
- Syndrome › plurideficiency
- Syndrome › polycarential of infancy
- Edema, edematous › nutritional › with dyspigmentation, skin and hair
- Malnutrition › severe › with › kwashiorkor
- Malnutrition › degree › severe › with › kwashiorkor
- Malnutrition › protein › calorie › severe › with › kwashiorkor
- Malnutrition › protein › energy › severe › with › kwashiorkor