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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
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 579.* hierarchy

579.8 also known as:

  • Enteropathy:
    • exudative
    • protein-losing
  • 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