2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 263.9
Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
- disorder of nutrition due to unbalanced or insufficient diet or to defective assimilation or utilization of nutrients.
- A disorder caused by a lack of proper nutrition or an inability to absorb nutrients from food.
- Inadequate nutrition resulting from poor diet, malabsorption, or abnormal nutrient distribution. --2004
- Short description: Protein-cal malnutr NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 263.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 263.9.
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 263.9:
due to malnutrition 
nutritional 
