Starvation
Requires 7th character
T73.0 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Deprivation of food
Includes (from T73)
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
- , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as: (from T73)
- highway rest stop (Y92.523) (from T73)
- school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-) (from T73)
- service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-) (from T73)
- single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-) (from T73)
- transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-) (from T73)
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at T73). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Also known as
- Deprivation of food
- Deprivation, food
- Effect, adverse, hunger
- Famine
- Food, deprivation
- Food, lack of
- Hunger
- Inadequate, inadequacy, foodNEC, hunger effects
- Inanition, due to deprivation of food
- Insufficiency, insufficient, food
- Insufficiency, insufficient, nourishment
- Nutrition deficient or insufficient, due to insufficient food
- Nutrition deficient or insufficient, due to lack of, food