E46 UNSPECIFIED PROTEIN-CALORIE MALNUTRITION

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: E46
  • Short Description: Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
  • Long Description: Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code E46 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Synonyms

  • Acute disease or injury-related malnutrition
  • Acute malnutrition in adolescence
  • Acute malnutrition in childhood
  • Acute malnutrition in infancy
  • Cataract due to undernutrition
  • Cataract in systemic disorders
  • Child neglect
  • Chronic disease-related malnutrition
  • Coma due to malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus
  • Deficiency of macronutrients
  • Diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic disease
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Disorder due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder of eye due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder of nervous system due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder of nervous system due to malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Disorder of vision due to secondary diabetes mellitus
  • Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes
  • Generalized redundant skin due to malnutrition
  • Gingival disease due to malnutrition
  • Hair changes due to malnutrition
  • Hair changes due to malnutrition
  • Hypertrichosis in malnutrition
  • Hypoalbuminemia
  • Hypoalbuminemia due to protein calorie malnutrition
  • Hypoproteinemia
  • Inadequate intake of energy
  • Inadequate intake of protein and/or protein derivative
  • Ketoacidosis due to secondary diabetes mellitus
  • Malnutrition
  • Malnutrition
  • Malnutrition due to child maltreatment
  • Malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Malnutrition related diabetes mellitus
  • Malnutrition-dehydration cataract
  • Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus - fibrocalculous
  • Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis
  • Nutritional hair color change
  • Nutritional maltreatment of child
  • Nutritional myopathy
  • Nutritionally compromised
  • Peripheral circulatory disorder due to malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus
  • Peripheral vascular disease due to secondary diabetes mellitus
  • Peripheral vascular disorder due to diabetes mellitus
  • Pre-existing diabetes mellitus in pregnancy
  • Pre-existing malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus
  • Pre-existing malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus
  • Pre-existing malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus in pregnancy
  • Protein deficiency disease
  • Protein deficiency myopathy
  • Protein-deficient diabetes mellitus
  • Redundant skin
  • Skin changes due to malnutrition
  • Skin changes due to malnutrition
  • Skin changes due to malnutrition
  • Skin changes due to malnutrition
  • Starvation-related malnutrition
  • Undernutrition

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code E46 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V43.0

  1. Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes With Mcc (640)
  2. Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes Without Mcc (641)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code E46 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Malnutrition NOS
    • Protein-calorie imbalance NOS
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • nutritional deficiency NOS (@E63.9*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
E46 Right Arrow 263.8 Protein-cal malnutr NEC
263.9 Protein-cal malnutr NOS
This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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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