579.9 - Unspecified Intestinal Malabsorption
The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified intestinal malabsorption is listed as 579.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 579.9 |
| Long Description: | Unspecified intestinal malabsorption |
| Short Description: | Intest malabsorption NOS |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Digestive System |
| Block: | Other Diseases Of Digestive System (570-579) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | K90.9 - Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 579.9: | |
| 579.0 - Celiac disease | |
| 579.1 - Tropical sprue | |
| 579.2 - Blind loop syndrome | |
| 579.3 - Other and unspecified postsurgical nonabsorption | |
| 579.4 - Pancreatic steatorrhea | |
| 579.8 - Other specified intestinal malabsorption | |