2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 276.8
Hypopotassemia
- abnormally low potassium concentration in the blood; may result from excessive potassium loss by the renal or gastrointestinal route, from decreased intake, or from transcellular shifts; manifested clinically by neuromuscular disorders ranging from weakness to paralysis, by electrocardiographic abnormalities, and by renal and gastrointestinal disorders.
- Hypokalemia; lower than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood.
- condition due to decreased dietary intake of potassium, as in starvation or failure to administer in intravenous solutions, or to gastrointestinal loss; severe potassium deficiency may produce muscular weakness and lead to paralysis and respiratory failure; muscular malfunction may result in hypoventilation, paralytic ileus, hypotension, muscle twitches, tetany, and rhabomyolysis; nephropathy from potassium deficit impairs the concentrating mechanism.
- ICD-9-CM 276.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 276.8: 2012 2013.
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Convert 276.8 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 276.8:
potassium (K) 
deficiency 
