ICD-10-CM Code E74.3
Other disorders of intestinal carbohydrate absorption
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code E74.3 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of E74.3 that describes the diagnosis 'other disorders of intestinal carbohydrate absorption' in more detail.
The ICD code E743 is used to code Fructose malabsorption
Fructose malabsorption, formerly named "dietary fructose intolerance" (DFI), is a digestive disorder in which absorption of fructose is impaired by deficient fructose carriers in the small intestine's enterocytes. This results in an increased concentration of fructose in the entire intestine.
| Specialty: | Endocrinology |
| ICD 9 Code: | 271 |
Fructose
Coding Notes for E74.3 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Lactose intolerance - instead, use code E73.-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E74.3 - Other disorders of intestinal carbohydrate absorption'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E74.3. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: E74 - Other disorders of carbohydrate metabolism