E45

E45: Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E45 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Nutritional short stature
Nutritional stunting
Physical retardation due to malnutrition

Other codes that can never be billed with E45

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

E34.3Short stature due to endocrine disorder
R62.5Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E45 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
A57755Billing and Coding: Vitamin B<sub>12</sub> Injections

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Nutritional stunting
Stunting, nutritional
Dwarfism›nutritional
Dystrophy, dystrophia›due to malnutrition
Dystrophy, dystrophia›nutritional
Development›arrested›due to malnutrition
Retardation›growth›due to malnutrition
Retardation›physical›due to malnutrition

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.