PEDIATRIC MALNUTRITION INDICATORS CODING TABLE FOR MALNUTRITION Coding Table for Malnutrition Selected ICD-10-CMa ICD-10-CM
E43 - Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition^* E44.0 - Moderate protein-calorie malnutrition^* E44.1 - Mild protein-calorie malnutrition*
E45 - Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition+ E46 - Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
Source: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), accessed September 15, 2021. a
Terms Describing Undernutrition
MCCb MCC CC CC CC CC
/CCc CODES
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ICD-10-CM = International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification; b Complications.
MCC = Major Comorbidities or Complications; c
CC = Comorbidities or
^ Adult Population: Reference ICD-10 codes E43 and E44.0, if possible, as recommended to specify degree of malnutrition per White JV, Guenter P, Jensen G, et al. “Consensus Statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Characteristics Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Adult Malnutrition (Undernutrition).” J Acad Nutr Diet. May 2012:112(5):730-738. Note for the adult population, mild malnutrition is not defined at this time due to insufficient evidence to distinguish between mild and moderate.
* Pediatric Population: Reference ICD-10 codes E43, E44.0, and E44.1, if possible, as recommended to specify degree of malnutrition per Becker PJ, Carney LN, Corkins MR, et al. “Consensus Statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Indicators Recommended for the Identification and Documentation of Pediatric Malnutrition.” J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014;114(12):1988-2000.
+ Used in pediatric population.
Refer to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology (
www.ncpro.org) and Nutrition Care Manual (
www.nutritioncaremanual.org) for more information on nutrition diagnosis terminology.
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