Diagnosis Code: R64

Short Description: Cachexia

Long Description: Cachexia

The code R64 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
    • Cachexia (R64)
      • R64 Cachexia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Abnormal weight loss
• Abnormal weight loss
• Abnormal weight loss associated with AIDS
• Abnormal weight loss associated with AIDS
• AIDS wasting syndrome
• Cachexia
• Cachexia
• Cachexia
• Cachexia
• Cachexia
• Cachexia associated with AIDS
• Café au lait spots
• Cardiac cachexia
• Diffuse dermatitis
• Distribution of body fat loss - finding
• Distribution of body fat loss - finding
• Distribution of body fat loss - finding
• Distribution of body fat loss - finding
• Distribution of body fat loss - finding
• Emaciated
• Facial dysmorphism, anorexia, cachexia, eye and skin anomalies syndrome
• Inanition
• Malignant cachexia
• Muscle cachexia
• Severe dermatitis, multiple allergies, metabolic wasting syndrome
• Severe systemic illness tissue wasting

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R64 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
• Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R64 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • abnormal weight loss (@R63.4*)
  • cachexia due to underlying condition (@E88.A*)
  • nutritional marasmus (@E41*)

Crosswalk Information

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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