E40
ICD-10BillableKwashiorkor
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Kwashiorkor
E40 is valid for submission on a claim: CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- Severe malnutrition with nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- marasmic kwashiorkor (E42)
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.