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Wiki Refeeding Syndrome

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Does any know the DX for refeeding syndrome, I can not find it.

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refeeding syndrome

randi haight said:
Does any know the DX for refeeding syndrome, I can not find it.

Thanks,
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Refeeding syndrome is a syndrome consisting of metabolic disturbances that occur as a result of reinstitution of nutrition to patients who are starved or severely malnourished.[1] Renourishment is the process of avoiding refeeding syndrome. The syndrome was first described after the Second World War in prisoners of war taken by Japan.[2]


How about 277.89 specified disorder of metabolism.
 
If associated with electrolyte and fluid shifts or imbalance, ICD-9 code
276.9 Electrolyte and fluid disorders not elsewhere classified
may be appropriate.

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