E88.A

Billable
ChapterE00–E89
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Official Description

Wasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Cachexia due to underlying condition
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • cachexia NOS (R64)
  • nutritional marasmus (E41)
Excludes2(Not included here)
Code First
  • underlying condition
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
E70-E88Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
E88Other and unspecified metabolic disorders
E88.AWasting disease (syndrome) due to underlying condition

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to E88.A:

categoryE88
Other and unspecified metabolic disorders
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blockE70-E88
Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
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chapterCH4
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to E88.A. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

7 raw paths
Cachexia2 unique routes
due to(2 variants)
malnutrition→E88.A
underlying condition→E88.A
Disease, diseased2 unique routes
wasting NEC→E88.A(2 variants)
due to
underlying condition→E88.A
Syndrome1 unique routes
wasting (syndrome) due to underlying condition→E88.A
Wasting2 unique routes
disease (syndrome)→E88.A(2 variants)
due to
underlying condition→E88.A

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 642
Inborn and Other Disorders of Metabolism

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