Undernutrition
Definition
Despite significant improvements in the past 3 decades, childhood undernutrition continues to be a serious and persistent public health problem. Globally, in 2011, one in four preschool age children (26%, 165 million) was estimated to be stunted, whereas one in six (16%, 101 million) was underweight, and one in 12 (8%, 52 million) wasted. The highest rates of undernutrition are found in Africa and Asia. Maternal and child undernutrition are associated with adverse functional consequences, including low immune response, poor cognition and intellectual capacity, lost productivity, and poor reproductive performance. In the aggregate (including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimal breastfeeding) undernutrition is a cause of 3.1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.
Inclusions
- Malnutrition NOS
Exclusions
- Anorexia Nervosa
(6B80) - Intestinal malabsorption
(DA96.0) - slim disease
(4B4Y) - starvation
(NF07.0)
25 subordinate codes
5B50Underweight in infants, children or adolescents5B51Wasting in infants, children or adolescents5B52Acute malnutrition in infants, children or adolescents5B53Stunting in infants, children or adolescents5B54Underweight in adults5B55Vitamin A deficiency5B56Vitamin C deficiency5B57Vitamin D deficiency5B58Vitamin E deficiency5B59Vitamin K deficiency5B5AVitamin B1 deficiency5B5BVitamin B2 deficiency5B5CVitamin B3 deficiency5B5DVitamin B6 deficiency5B5EFolate deficiency5B5FVitamin B12 deficiency5B5GBiotin deficiency5B5HPantothenic acid deficiency5B5JCholine deficiency5B5KMineral deficiencies5B60-5B6ZSequelae of malnutrition or certain specified nutritional deficiencies5B70Essential fatty acid deficiency5B71Protein deficiency4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified