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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 579.8
Other specified intestinal malabsorption
579.4
579.9
579.8 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Newer versions of 579.8:
2009
2010
Diagnosis Definition(s)
excessive amounts of fats in the feces, as in malabsorption syndromes.
Also applicable to/known as
Enteropathy:
exudative
protein-losing
Steatorrhea (chronic)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 579.8
Absorption
fat, disturbance
579.8
protein, disturbance
579.8
Decrease, decreased
tolerance
fat
579.8
Deficiency, deficient
bile salt
579.8
Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic)
787.91
bile salt-induced
579.8
due to
bile salts
579.8
prostaglandin induced
579.8
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
Gordon's (exudative enteropathy)
579.8
Disturbance - see also Disease
absorption NEC
579.9
carbohydrate
579.8
fat
579.8
protein
579.8
specified type NEC
579.8
Enteropathy
569.9
exudative (of Gordon)
579.8
protein-losing
579.8
Fat
indigestion
579.8
Gastroenteropathy, protein-losing
579.8
Gastropathy
537.9
exudative
579.8
Gordon's disease (exudative enteropathy)
579.8
Indigestion (bilious) (functional)
536.8
fat
579.8
Intolerance
carbohydrate NEC
579.8
fat NEC
579.8
foods NEC
579.8
milk NEC
579.8
starch NEC
579.8
Malabsorption
579.9
calcium
579.8
carbohydrate
579.8
drug-induced
579.8
due to bacterial overgrowth
579.8
fat
579.8
protein
579.8
Steatorrhea (chronic)
579.8
with lacteal obstruction
579.2
idiopathic
579.0
adult
579.0
infantile
579.0
pancreatic
579.4
primary
579.0
secondary
579.8
specified cause NEC
579.8
tropical
579.1