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799.4 CACHEXIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 799.4

Short Description: Cachexia

Long Description: Cachexia

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality (797-799)
      • 799 Other ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality
        • 799.4 Cachexia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 799.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cachexia 799.4
    • cancerous - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant 799.4
    • cardiac - see Disease, heart
    • dehydration 276.51
      • with
        • hypernatremia 276.0
        • hyponatremia 276.1
    • due to malnutrition 799.4
    • exophthalmic 242.0
    • heart - see Disease, heart
    • hypophyseal 253.2
    • hypopituitary 253.2
    • lead 984.9
      • specified type of lead - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • malaria 084.9
    • malignant� see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant 799.4
    • marsh 084.9
    • nervous 300.5
    • old age 797
    • pachydermic - see Hypothyroidism
    • paludal 084.9
    • pituitary (postpartum) 253.2
    • renal (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • saturnine 984.9
      • specified type of lead - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • senile 797
    • Simmonds' (pituitary cachexia) 253.2
    • splenica 289.59
    • strumipriva (see also Hypothyroidism) 244.9
    • tuberculous NEC (see also Tuberculosis) 011.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • wasting NEC 799.4
      • due to malnutrition 261
      • paralysis 335.21
  • Wasting
    • disease 799.4
      • due to malnutrition 261

Crosswalk Information

The code 799.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
799.4 Right Arrow R64 Cachexia
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
799.01 Asphyxia
799.02 Hypoxemia
799.1 Respiratory arrest
799.21 Nervousness
799.22 Irritability
799.23 Impulsiveness
799.24 Emotional lability
799.25 Demoralization and apathy
799.29 Other signs and symptoms involving emotional state
799.3 Debility, unspecified
799.51 Attention or concentration deficit
799.52 Cognitive communication deficit
799.53 Visuospatial deficit
799.54 Psychomotor deficit
799.55 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit
799.59 Other signs and symptoms involving cognition
799.81 Decreased libido
799.82 Apparent life threatening event in infant
799.89 Other ill-defined conditions
799.9 Other unknown and unspecified cause of morbidity and mortality

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

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