Code-level instructions

Inclusion terms

Nutritional short stature
Nutritional stunting
Physical retardation due to malnutrition

Inherited instructions

Chapters 4 · Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)

Excludes 1

transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)

Note

All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.

E40-E46 · Malnutrition (E40-E46)

Excludes 1

intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition (E64.0)

Excludes 2

nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
starvation (T73.0)

Official index references (8)

Development (1)

Development › arrested › due to malnutritionDisease index

Dwarfism (1)

Dwarfism › nutritionalDisease index

Dystrophy, dystrophia (2)

Dystrophy, dystrophia › due to malnutritionDisease index
Dystrophy, dystrophia › nutritionalDisease index

Nutritional stunting (1)

Nutritional stuntingDisease index

Retardation (2)

Retardation › growth › due to malnutritionDisease index
Retardation › physical(child) › due to malnutritionDisease index

Stunting, nutritional (1)

Stunting, nutritionalDisease index

References from other codes (3)

E34.3 · Short stature due to endocrine disorder

Excludes 1 · nutritional short stature (E45)

E64.0 · Sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition

Excludes 2 · retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition (E45)

R62.5 · Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Excludes 1 · physical retardation due to malnutrition (E45)

Code history

No recorded change since first observation

ChangedUnchanged

FY2016

Effective from 2015-10-01

First observed

Retarded development following protein-calorie malnutrition

Billable diagnosis code

CDC/NCHS · FY2016

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	No tabular change
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Historical ICD-9 mappings · 2018

Historical mapping only; not an automatic code substitution.

263.2 · Approximate