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ICD-10-CM 2027 · E40-E46

Malnutrition

Part of chapter 4, endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases.

About E40-E46

Block E40-E46 contains 7 categories and 8 billable codes for FY2027. No codes here changed in the FY2027 update. 4 codes are MCCs and 4 are CCs when reported as secondary diagnoses.

E40Kwashiorkor

E41Nutritional marasmus

E42Marasmic kwashiorkor

E43Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition

E44Protein-calorie malnutrition of moderate and mild degree

E45Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition

E46Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition

Block notes

Excludes1
  • intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
  • sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition (E64.0)
Excludes2