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ICD-10-CM Code for Cachexia R64

ICD-10 code R64 for Cachexia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Cachexia
Excludes1: abnormal weight loss (R63.4)
cachexia due to underlying condition (E88.A)
nutritional marasmus (E41)

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