Failure to thrive in infant or child

Definition

When an infant or child's current weight or rate of weight gain is significantly below that of other children of similar age and gender.

Exclusions

• Anorexia Nervosa (6B80)
• Avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (6B83)
• Cachexia (MG20)
• Failure to thrive in newborn (KD32.4)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Lack of expected normal physiological development

• MG44.10Delayed milestone
• MG44.12Short stature of child
• MG44.13Constitutional delay of growth and puberty
• MG44.14Familial short stature
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified