2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Digestive System 520-579 > Other Diseases Of Digestive System 570-579 > Intestinal Malabsorption 579.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 579.8
Other specified intestinal malabsorption- A condition that is characterized by chronic fatty DIARRHEA, a result of abnormal DIGESTION and/or INTESTINAL ABSORPTION of FATS.
- Pathological conditions in the INTESTINES that are characterized by the gastrointestinal loss of serum proteins, including ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; and at times LYMPHOCYTES. Severe condition can result in HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA or LYMPHOPENIA. Protein-losing enteropathies are associated with a number of diseases including INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA, WHIPPLE'S DISEASE, and NEOPLASMS of the SMALL INTESTINE.
- 579.8 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 579.8 contains 33 index entries
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579.8 also known as:- Enteropathy:
- Steatorrhea (chronic)
Index entries containing 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
- pancreatic 579.4
- primary 579.0
- secondary
579.8
- specified cause NEC
579.8
- tropical 579.1
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