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ICD-10-CM Code for Inappropriate diet and eating habits Z72.4

ICD-10 code Z72.4 for Inappropriate diet and eating habits is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .

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Inappropriate diet and eating habits
Excludes1: behavioral eating disorders of infancy or childhood (F98.2.-F98.3)
eating disorders (F50.-)
lack of adequate food (Z59.48)
malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64)

Z72

Excludes2: problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)

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MEAT criteria
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MEAT criteria
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NEED covering dx for peripheral nerve block of internal branch of laryngeal nerve
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