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Specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 261
Nutritional marasmus
  • ICD-9-CM 261 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 261 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 261.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 261: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 261 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E41 Nutritional marasmus
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E43 Unspecified severe protein-calorie malnutrition
Approximate Synonyms
  • Diabetes type 1 with severe malnutrition
  • Diabetes type 2 with severe malnutrition
  • DM 1 w severe diabetic malnutrition
  • DM 2 w severe diabetic malnutrition
  • Severe malnutrition due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Severe malnutrition due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
Applies To
  • Nutritional atrophy
  • Severe calorie deficiency
  • Severe malnutrition NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 261:
  • Athrepsia 261
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • infantile 261
      • paralysis, acute (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
    • nutritional 261
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • calorie, severe 261
  • Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (poorly controlled) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0
    • Lancereaux's (diabetes mellitus with marked emaciation) 250.8 [261]
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • wasting NEC 799.4
      • due to malnutrition 261
      • paralysis 335.21
  • Emaciation (due to malnutrition) 261
  • Lancereaux's diabetes (diabetes mellitus with marked emaciation) 250.8 [261]
  • Malnutrition (calorie) 263.9
  • Marasmus 261
    • due to malnutrition 261
    • nutritional 261
    • tuberculous NEC (see also Tuberculosis) 011.9
  • Pedatrophia 261
  • Wasting
    • disease 799.4
      • due to malnutrition 261
    • extreme (due to malnutrition) 261
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