K90.9

Approximate Synonyms

• Drug-induced malabsorption

• Intestinal malabsorption

• Malabsorption in the elderly

• Malabsorption syndrome

• Malabsorption, drug induced

• Malabsorption, intestinal

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by inadequate absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal marked discomfort, bloating and diarrhea.

• A group of symptoms such as gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea resulting from the body’s inability to properly absorb nutrients.

• A syndrome resulting from the inadequate absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea.

• General term for a group of malnutrition syndromes caused by failure of normal intestinal absorption of nutrients.

• Impaired absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract.

• Malabsorption: decreased absorption of fat and other nutrients caused by liver, biliary, pancreatic or intestinal disease. The 72-hour fecal fat determination is the best single test for mal- absorption.

• Your small intestine does most of the digesting of the foods you eat. If you have a malabsorption syndrome, your small intestine cannot absorb nutrients from foods.causes of malabsorption syndromes include

Details

• K90.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K90.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K90.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 K90.9 may differ.