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6. E88.A

E88.A - Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition

• Applicable to Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition
• The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM E88.A became effective on October 1, 2024.
• This is the American ICD10-CM version of E88.A - other international versions of ICD10 E88.A may differ.
• E88.A is a Billable / Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• Cachexia due to underlying condition

Type 1 Excludes

• cachexia NOS (R64)
• nutritional marasmus (E41)

Type 2 Excludes

• failure to thrive (R62.51, R62.7)

codefirst

• underlying condition

The following codes above E88.A contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to E88.A:

• Chapter: E00-E89 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
• Section: E70-E88 - Metabolic disorders
• Category: E88 - Other and unspecified metabolic disorders

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