261 NUTRITIONAL MARASMUS

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 261
Short Description: Nutritional marasmus
Long Description: Nutritional marasmus
Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
- Nutritional deficiencies (260-269)
  - 261 Nutritional marasmus
    - 261 Nutritional marasmus

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 261 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Adenocarcinoma (M8140/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
- in
  - villous adenoma (M8261/3)

Adenoma (sessile) (M8140/0) - see also Neoplasm, by site, benign
- villous (M8261/1) - see Neoplasm, by site, uncertain behavior

Ameloblastoma (M9310/0) 213.1
- long bones (M9261/3) - see Neoplasm, bone, malignant
- tibial (M9261/3) 170.7

Athrepsia 261

Atrophy, atrophic
- infantile 261
  - paralysis, acute (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
- nutritional 261

Carcinoma (M8010/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
- in
  - villous adenoma (M8261/3)

Deficiency, deficient
- calorie, severe 261

Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0
- Lancereaux's (diabetes mellitus with marked emaciation) 250.8 [261]
  - due to secondary diabetes 249.8 [261]
- secondary (chemical-induced) (due to chronic condition) (due to infection) (drug-induced) 249.0
  - Lancereaux's (diabetes mellitus with marked emaciation) 249.8 [261]

Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Newcastle 077.8
- wasting NEC 799.4
  - due to malnutrition 261

Emaciation (due to malnutrition) 261

Lancereaux's diabetes (diabetes mellitus with marked emaciation) 250.8 [261]
- due to secondary diabetes 249.8 [261]

Malnutrition (calorie) 263.9
- degree
  - severe 261
    - protein-calorie 262
- severe 261
  - protein-calorie NEC 262
  - angle's class I 524.21
  - angle's class II 524.22
  - angle's class III 524.23

Marasmus 261
- brain 331.9
- due to malnutrition 261
- intestinal 569.89
- nutritional 261
- senile 797
- tuberculous NEC (see also Tuberculosis) 011.9

Papilloma (M8050/0) - see also Neoplasm, by site, benign
- villous (M8261/1) - see Neoplasm, by site, uncertain behavior

Pedatrophia 261

Wasting
- disease 799.4
  - due to malnutrition 261
- extreme (due to malnutrition) 261

Crosswalk Information

The code 261 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
261		E41	Nutritional marasmus
261		E43	Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition

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.

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