E40

Kwashiorkor

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 6 never code together

E40code

Excludes1

Excludes1

Excludes2

Excludes1

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2

E40code

Inclusion terms

Severe malnutrition with nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair

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.E05.8 E07.0 E16-E31 E34.-

Index entries leading here 6

Malnutrition E46
- protein E46
  - calorie E46
    - severe E43
      - with
        
        kwashiorkor E40
  - energy E46
    - severe E43
      - with
        
        kwashiorkor E40
- degree
  - severe (protein-energy) E43
    - with
      - kwashiorkor E40
- severe (protein-energy) E43
  - with
    - kwashiorkor E40
- malignant E40
Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) R60.9
- nutritional — see also Malnutrition, severe
  - with dyspigmentation, skin and hair E40
Kwashiorkor E40
Syndrome — see also Disease
- pluricarential of infancy E40
- plurideficiency E40
- polycarential of infancy E40
Pluricarential syndrome of infancy E40
Polycarential syndrome of infancy E40

Additional references

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CMS22HCC21 ESRD21HCC21 ESRD24HCC21

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Present FY2024–FY2027.