2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 783.0
Anorexia
- clinical manifestation consisting of a physiopathological lack or loss of appetite accompanied by an aversion to food and the inability to eat.
- An abnormal loss of the appetite for food. Anorexia can be caused by cancer, AIDS, a mental disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa), or other diseases.
- ICD-9-CM 783.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
783.0 Excludes 
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Convert 783.0 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 783.0:
hysterical 
nervosa 
