579.1 TROPICAL SPRUE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 579.1

Short Description: Tropical sprue

Long Description: Tropical sprue

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Other diseases of digestive system (570-579)
      • 579 Intestinal malabsorption
        • 579.1 Tropical sprue

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 579.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cochin-China
    • diarrhea 579.1
      • anguilluliasis 127.2
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic) 787.91
    • Cochin-China 579.1
      • anguilluliasis 127.2
      • psilosis 579.1
    • hill 579.1
    • tropical 579.1
  • Hill diarrhea 579.1
  • Psilosis (sprue) (tropical) 579.1
    • Monilia 112.89
    • nontropical 579.0
    • not sprue 704.00
  • Sprue 579.1
    • celiac 579.0
    • idiopathic 579.0
    • meaning thrush 112.0
    • nontropical 579.0
    • tropical 579.1
  • Steatorrhea (chronic) 579.8
    • tropical 579.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 579.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
579.1 Right Arrow K90.1 Tropical sprue
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
579.0 Celiac disease
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