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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 579.9
Unspecified intestinal malabsorption
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 579.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 579.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 579.9 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K90.9 Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Adult osteomalacia due to malabsorption
  • Intestinal malabsorption
  • Malabsorption in the elderly
  • Malabsorption syndrome
  • Malabsorption, intestinal
Clinical Information
  • A disorder characterized by inadequate absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal marked discomfort, bloating and diarrhea
  • A group of symptoms such as gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea resulting from the body's inability to properly absorb nutrients
  • A syndrome resulting from the inadequate absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea
  • General term for a group of malnutrition syndromes caused by failure of normal intestinal absorption of nutrients
  • Impaired absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Malabsorption: decreased absorption of fat and other nutrients caused by liver, biliary, pancreatic or intestinal disease. The 72-hour fecal fat determination is the best single test for mal- absorption
  • Your small intestine does most of the digesting of the foods you eat. If you have a malabsorption syndrome, your small intestine cannot absorb nutrients from foods.causes of malabsorption syndromes include
    • celiac disease
    • lactose intolerance
    • short bowel syndrome, which happens after surgery to remove a large portion of the small intestine
    • whipple disease, a rare bacterial infection
    • genetic diseases
    • certain medicines
    treatment of malabsorption syndromes depends on the cause
Applies To
  • Malabsorption syndrome NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 579.9:
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • assimilation, food 579.9
  • Malabsorption 579.9
    • due to bacterial overgrowth 579.8
    • glucose-galactose (congenital) 271.3
    • intestinal 579.9
    • lactose (hereditary) 271.3
    • sucrose (-isomaltose) (congenital) 271.3
    • syndrome 579.9
  • Malassimilation 579.9
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • malabsorption 579.9
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