579.0 CELIAC DISEASE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 579.0

Short Description: Celiac disease

Long Description: Celiac disease

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Other diseases of digestive system (570-579)
      • 579 Intestinal malabsorption
        • 579.0 Celiac disease

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 579.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Celiac
    • disease 579.0
    • infantilism 579.0
  • Crisis
    • celiac 579.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • celiac (adult) 579.0
      • infantile 579.0
    • Gee (-Herter) (-Heubner) (-Thaysen) (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • Herter (-Gee) (-Heubner) (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • Heubner-Herter (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • Thaysen-Gee (nontropical sprue) 579.0
  • Enteropathy 569.9
    • gluten 579.0
  • Gee (-Herter) (-Heubner) (-Thaysen) disease or syndrome (nontropical sprue) 579.0
  • Herter's infantilism (nontropical sprue) 579.0
  • Herter (-Gee) disease or syndrome (nontropical sprue) 579.0
  • Heubner-Herter disease or syndrome (nontropical sprue) 579.0
  • Infantilism 259.9
    • celiac 579.0
    • Herter's (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • intestinal 579.0
  • Intolerance
    • gluten 579.0
  • Morbus
    • celiacus 579.0
  • Psilosis (sprue) (tropical) 579.1
    • nontropical 579.0
  • Rickets (active) (acute) (adolescent) (adult) (chest wall) (congenital) (current) (infantile) (intestinal) 268.0
    • celiac 579.0
  • Sprue 579.1
    • celiac 579.0
    • idiopathic 579.0
    • nontropical 579.0
  • Steatorrhea (chronic) 579.8
    • idiopathic 579.0
      • adult 579.0
      • infantile 579.0
    • primary 579.0
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • celiac 579.0
      • artery compression 447.4
      • axis 447.4
    • Gee-Herter-Heubner (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • Herter (-Gee) (nontropical sprue) 579.0
    • Heubner-Herter (nontropical sprue) 579.0
  • Thaysen-Gee disease (nontropical sprue) 579.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 579.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
579.0 Right Arrow K90.0 Celiac disease
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
579.1 Tropical sprue
579.2 Blind loop syndrome
579.3 Other and unspecified postsurgical nonabsorption
579.4 Pancreatic steatorrhea
579.8 Other specified intestinal malabsorption
579.9 Unspecified intestinal malabsorption


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014