E44Non-billableSave
E44 - Protein-calorie malnutrition of moderate and mild degree
ICD-10-CM Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases · E40-E46 Malnutrition (E40-E46) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
E44 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom E40-E46 Malnutrition (E40-E46)
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
- sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition (E64.0)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom E40-E46 Malnutrition (E40-E46)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
- starvation (T73.0)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom Chapter E00-E89
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
NotesFrom Chapter E00-E89
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.
More Specific Codes (2)
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Chapter Information
Related ICD-10 Codes
More specific codes for E44
Other categories in this chapter
Codes at the same level as E44
- Congenital iodine-deficiency syndromeE00
- Iodine-deficiency related thyroid disorders and allied conditionsE01
- Subclinical iodine-deficiency hypothyroidismE02
- Other hypothyroidismE03
- Other nontoxic goiterE04
- Thyrotoxicosis [hyperthyroidism]E05
- ThyroiditisE06
- Other disorders of thyroidE07
- Diabetes mellitus due to underlying conditionE08
- Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitusE09
- Type 1 diabetes mellitusE10
- Type 2 diabetes mellitusE11
- Other specified diabetes mellitusE13
- Nondiabetic hypoglycemic comaE15
- Other disorders of pancreatic internal secretionE16
- HypoparathyroidismE20
- Hyperparathyroidism and other disorders of parathyroid glandE21
- Hyperfunction of pituitary glandE22
- Hypofunction and other disorders of the pituitary glandE23
- Cushing's syndromeE24
- Adrenogenital disordersE25
- HyperaldosteronismE26
- Other disorders of adrenal glandE27
- Ovarian dysfunctionE28
- Testicular dysfunctionE29
- Disorders of puberty, not elsewhere classifiedE30
- Polyglandular dysfunctionE31
- Diseases of thymusE32
- Other endocrine disordersE34
- Disorders of endocrine glands in diseases classified elsewhereE35
- Intraoperative complications of endocrine systemE36
- KwashiorkorE40
- Nutritional marasmusE41
- Marasmic kwashiorkorE42
- Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutritionE43
- Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutritionE45
- Unspecified protein-calorie malnutritionE46
- Vitamin A deficiencyE50
- Thiamine deficiencyE51
- Niacin deficiency [pellagra]E52
32 more in this chapter.