K90.49

Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific

K90.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to carbohydrate
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to fat
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to protein
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to starch

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2) (from K90)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • celiac gluten-sensitive enteropathy (K90.0) (from K90.4)
  • lactose intolerance (E73.-) (from K90.4)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K90)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K90)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K90)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K90)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K90)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K90)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K90)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K90)

Also known as

  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to carbohydrate
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to fat
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to protein
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to starch
  • Absorption, carbohydrate, disturbance
  • Absorption, fat, disturbance
  • Absorption, protein, disturbance
  • Absorption, starch, disturbance
  • Decrease, tolerance, fat
  • Disturbance, absorption, carbohydrate
  • Disturbance, absorption, fat
  • Disturbance, absorption, protein
  • Disturbance, absorption, starch
  • Enteropathy, protein-losing
  • Intolerance, carbohydrate
  • Intolerance, fat NEC
  • Intolerance, food
  • Intolerance, milk NEC
  • Intolerance, protein

Parent code

  • K90.4Other malabsorption due to intoleranceHeader

Related codes

  • K90.41Non-celiac gluten sensitivityBillable

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