2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Nutritional Deficiencies 260-269 > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 260 Kwashiorkor View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 260 A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning "displaced child". Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. 260 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 260 contains 19 index entries Alternate Terminology Nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair  Index entries containing 260: Deficiency, deficient multiple, syndrome 260 protein 260 anemia 281.4 C 289.81 plasma - see Deficiency, plasma, protein S 289.81 syndrome, multiple 260 Deprivation protein (familial) (kwashiorkor) 260 Edema, edematous 782.3 nutritional (newborn) 262 with dyspigmentation, skin and hair 260 Hypoproteinosis 260 Kwashiorkor (marasmus type) 260 Malnutrition (calorie) 263.9 malignant 260 protein 260 Pluricarential syndrome of infancy 260 Plurideficiency syndrome of infancy 260 Polycarential syndrome of infancy 260 Prekwashiorkor 260 Protein deficiency 260 malnutrition 260 Syndrome - see also Disease multiple deficiency 260 pluricarential of infancy 260 plurideficiency of infancy 260 polycarential of infancy 260