E63.9: Nutritional deficiency, unspecified
You are lacking important nutrients.
The body needs certain important nutrients in order to be able to work properly. The body cannot create these nutrients itself. They have to be ingested with food. You are not ingesting enough nutrients with your food. That can be the case for instance if you are having too little food or not enough food containing important nutrients.
If you have too few of these important nutrients in your body, you may be more susceptible to pathogens. Sometimes you will be less resilient. You may also lose weight.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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