E41 Nutritional marasmus

Billable

Block: Malnutrition (E40-E46)

Includes

  • Severe malnutrition with marasmus

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • marasmic kwashiorkor (E42)
This category is a complete, billable diagnosis code.

No additional specificity is required — submit E41 directly on claims and documentation without a subcode extension.

Last reviewed: September 2026