783.21 ABNORMAL LOSS OF WEIGHT

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 783.21

Short Description: Abnormal loss of weight

Long Description: Loss of weight

Code Classification:

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
- Symptoms (780-789)
  - 783 Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism, and development
    - 783.21 Abnormal loss of weight

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 783.21 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
- loss of weight 783.21
- weight
  - loss 783.21

Excess, excessive, excessively
- weight 278.02
  - loss 783.21

Loss
- weight (cause unknown) 783.21

Weight
- loss (cause unknown) 783.21

Crosswalk Information

The code 783.21 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
783.21		R63.4	Abnormal weight loss

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
783.0	Anorexia
783.1	Abnormal weight gain
783.22	Underweight
783.3	Feeding difficulties and mismanagement
783.40	Lack of normal physiological development, unspecified
783.41	Failure to thrive
783.42	Delayed milestones
783.43	Short stature
783.5	Polydipsia
783.6	Polyphagia
783.7	Adult failure to thrive
783.9	Other symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism, and development

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

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