E88.A

ICD-10Billable

Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition

E88.A is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.

Inclusion terms

  • Cachexia due to underlying condition

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

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

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • failure to thrive (R62.51, R62.7)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition before this code.

  • underlying condition

Related codes in E88

Where this code sits

Parent code
E88

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Source

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.

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