E41
E41: Nutritional marasmus
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E41 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nutritional marasmus. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E41 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- marasmic kwashiorkor (E42)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Severe malnutrition with marasmus
Other codes that can never be billed with E41
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E41 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56798Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Athrepsia
- Marasmus
- Pedatrophia
- Atrophy, atrophic›infantile
- Marasmus›due to malnutrition
- Marasmus›intestinal
- Marasmus›nutritional
- Atrophy, atrophic›nutritional›with marasmus
- Deficiency, deficient›calorie, severe›with marasmus
- Wasting›extreme›with marasmus
- Malnutrition›severe›intermediate form›marasmus
- Disease, diseased›wasting NEC›due to›malnutrition›with marasmus
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.