E40 - Kwashiorkor

The ICD 10 Code for Kwashiorkor is listed as E40.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	E40
Description:	Kwashiorkor Severe malnutrition with nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair Excludes1: marasmic kwashiorkor (E42)
Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRG v30.0)	640 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W Mcc 641 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W/o Mcc

Chapter	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code:	260 - Kwashiorkor (approximate)