E40 is the ICD-10 code for Kwashiorkor. It is a three-character category that is not subdivided further. It belongs to the block E40–E46 (Malnutrition) in Chapter IV, Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- IV · E00–E90
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
Definition
Severe malnutrition with nutritional oedema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair.
What E40 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- marasmic kwashiorkor E42
E40 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
E40Kwashiorkor
DE40Proteinmangelsygdom hos børn
- DE409Proteinmangelsygdom hos børn UNS
E40Vaikea proteiinialiravitsemus
E40Kwashiorkor
E40Kwashiorkor
E40kwashiorkor
E40Kwashiorkor
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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