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ICD-10-CM Code for Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition E88.A

ICD-10 code E88.A for Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

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Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition
Cachexia due to underlying condition
Code first underlying condition
Excludes1: cachexia NOS (R64)
nutritional marasmus (E41)
Excludes2: failure to thrive (R62.51, R62.7)

E88

Excludes1: histiocytosis X (chronic) (C96.6)

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2024 update - cachexia
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2024 update - cachexia
[QUOTE="rachaelwilleford, post: 528389, member: 572125"] Can someone explain to me why cancerous cachexia points to R64 Cachexia, but now this code has an excludes1 for cachexia due to underlying cond... [ Read More ]
2024 update - cachexia
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ICD-10 Mutually Exclusive
[QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 445232, member: 30657"]for the example you gave E78.00 with E29.1 the edit for mutually exclusive diagnosis is correct. look under the subsection Metabolic disorders (E70-... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 Mutually Exclusive
for the example you gave E78.00 with E29.1 the edit for mutually exclusive diagnosis is correct. look under the subsection Metabolic disorders (E70-E88) Type 1 Excludes: •androgen insensitivi... [ Read More ]
Manifestation vs Sign of disease ?
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