2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E63.9

Nutritional deficiency, unspecified

ICD-10-CM Code:
E63.9
ICD-10 Code for:
Nutritional deficiency, unspecified
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
    (E00–E89)
    • Other nutritional deficiencies
      (E50-E64)
      • Other nutritional deficiencies
        (E63)

E63.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of nutritional deficiency, unspecified. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like E63.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Acute deficiency state
  • Alteration in nutrition
  • Alteration in nutrition: less than body requirements
  • Angular cheilitis
  • Angular cheilitis due to nutritional deficiency
  • Below expected nutrient requirement
  • Cardiac glycogenosis
  • Chronic deficiency state
  • Dementia due to nutritional deficiency
  • Dietetic gastritis
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy due to nutritional deficiency
  • Encephalopathy due to nutritional deficiency
  • Enteral nutrition infusion finding
  • Fetal disorder due to maternal nutritional disorder
  • Glaucoma in endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
  • Hypermelanosis due to nutritional disorder
  • Impaired nutrient utilization
  • Inadequate enteral nutrition infusion
  • Inadequate food diet
  • Inadequate oral intake
  • Inadequate parenteral nutrition infusion
  • Infiltrative cardiomyopathy
  • Intellectual developmental disorder due to nutritional deficiency
  • Intellectual disability due to nutritional deficiency
  • Metabolic and nutritional disorders affecting skin
  • Myelopathy due to nutritional deficiency
  • Myocardial degeneration
  • Neglect of adult
  • Neurological disorder due to nutrient deficiency
  • Neuropathy due to nutritional deficiency
  • Nutrition deficiency due to a particular kind of food
  • Nutrition impaired
  • Nutrition impaired due to imbalance of nutrients
  • Nutrition impaired due to limited access to healthful foods
  • Nutritional deficiency disorder
  • Nutritional deficiency in pregnancy
  • Nutritional deficiency state
  • Nutritional deficiency with AIDS
  • Nutritional desexing syndrome
  • Nutritional disorder
  • Nutritional neglect of adult
  • Parenteral nutrition infusion finding
  • Radiculopathy due to nutritional deficiency
  • Undernourished
  • White matter disorder due to nutritional deficiency

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Nutritional Deficiency

    a deficiency of a necessary nutrient.
  • Nutritional Disorder

    any condition related to a disturbance between proper intake and utilization of nourishment.
  • Myocardial Degeneration

    degeneration of myocardial tissue.

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert E63.9 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 269.9 - Nutrition deficiency NOS
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education


Malnutrition

Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. If you don't get enough nutrients -- including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals - you may suffer from malnutrition.

Causes of malnutrition include:

  • Lack of specific nutrients in your diet. Even the lack of one vitamin can lead to malnutrition.
  • An unbalanced diet
  • Certain medical problems, such as malabsorption syndromes and cancers

Symptoms may include fatigue, dizziness, and weight loss. Or, you may have no symptoms. To diagnose the cause of the problem, your doctor may do blood tests and a nutritional assessment. Treatment may include replacing the missing nutrients and treating the underlying cause.


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.