ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00-E89
E40 Kwashiorkor
Includes
- Severe malnutrition with nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- marasmic kwashiorkor (E42)
This category is a complete, billable diagnosis code.
No additional specificity is required — submit E40 directly on claims and documentation without a subcode extension.
Last reviewed: September 2026