E88.A
E88.A: Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E88.A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E88.A 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.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
- underlying condition
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cachexia due to underlying condition
Other codes that can never be billed with E88.A
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R64Cachexia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disease, diseased›wasting NEC
- Syndrome›wasting due to underlying condition(syndrome)
- Wasting›disease(syndrome)
- Cachexia›due to›malnutrition
- Cachexia›due to›underlying condition
- Disease, diseased›wasting NEC›due to›underlying condition
- Wasting›disease›due to›underlying condition
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.