2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K90.4

Other malabsorption due to intolerance

    2016 2017 - Converted to Parent Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  • K90.4 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K90.4 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K90.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 K90.4 may differ.
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (K90.4) and the excluded code together.
  • celiac gluten-sensitive enteropathy (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K90.0

    Celiac disease

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    • Celiac disease with steatorrhea
    • Celiac gluten-sensitive enteropathy
    • Nontropical sprue
    Code Also
    • exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (K86.81)
    Use Additional
    • code for associated disorders including:
    • dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)
    • gluten ataxia (G32.81)
    K90.0
    )
  • lactose intolerance (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E73
    • E73 Lactose intolerance
      • E73.0 Congenital lactase deficiency
      • E73.1 Secondary lactase deficiency
      • E73.8 Other lactose intolerance
      • E73.9 Lactose intolerance, unspecified
    E73.-
    )
The following code(s) above K90.4 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to K90.4:
  • K00-K95
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95

    Diseases of the digestive system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Diseases of the digestive system
  • K90
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K90

    Intestinal malabsorption

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2)
    Intestinal malabsorption
Approximate Synonyms
  • Chronic steatorrhea
  • Fat malabsorption
  • Food intolerance
  • Formula intolerance
  • Infant formula intolerance
  • Intestinal malabsorption of fat
  • Intolerance, lysinuric protein
  • Lysinuric protein intolerance
  • Milk intolerance
  • Milk protein enteropathy
  • Protein losing enteropathy
  • Steatorrhea, chronic
Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): Deleted code
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K90.4
K86.8 Other specified diseases of pancreas
K86.81 Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
K86.89 Other specified diseases of pancreas
K86.9 Disease of pancreas, unspecified
K87 Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas in diseases classified elsewhere
K90 Intestinal malabsorption
K90.0 Celiac disease
K90.1 Tropical sprue
K90.2 Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified
K90.3 Pancreatic steatorrhea
K90.4 Other malabsorption due to intolerance
K90.41 Non-celiac gluten sensitivity
K90.49 Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified
K90.8 Other intestinal malabsorption
K90.81 Whipple's disease
K90.89 Other intestinal malabsorption
K90.9 Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified
K91 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified
K91.0 Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
K91.1 Postgastric surgery syndromes
K91.2 Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified

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