E63

Other nutritional deficiencies

Header / non-billable

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · E63
Excludes 2

dehydration (E86.0) failure to thrive, adult (R62.7) failure to thrive, child (R62.51) feeding problems in newborn (P92.-) sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (E64.-)

Inherited from E50-E64Other nutritional deficiencies
Excludes 2

nutritional anemias (D50-D53)

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 E63

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