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2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Other Bacterial Diseases 030-041 > Other Bacterial Diseases 040.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.2 Whipple's disease A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the INTESTINE MUCOSA and LYMPH NODES, malabsorption, DIARRHEA with fatty stools, MALNUTRITION, and ARTHRITIS. 040.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.2 contains 5 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 040.* hierarchy 040.2 also known as: Intestinal lipodystrophy Index entries containing 040.2: Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome Whipple's (intestinal lipodystrophy) 040.2 Granulomatosis NEC 686.1 lipophagic, intestinal 040.2 Lipodystrophy (progressive) 272.6 intestinal 040.2 Syndrome - see also Disease Whipple's (intestinal lipodystrophy) 040.2 Whipple's disease or syndrome (intestinal lipodystrophy) 040.2