994.2 EFFECTS OF HUNGER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 994.2

Short Description: Effects of hunger

Long Description: Effects of hunger

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Other and unspecified effects of external causes (990-995)
      • 994 Effects of other external causes
        • 994.2 Effects of hunger

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 994.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Deprivation
    • food 994.2
      • specific substance NEC 269.8
  • Effect, adverse NEC
    • hunger 994.2
  • Famine 994.2
    • edema 262
  • Food
    • deprivation 994.2
      • specified kind of food NEC 269.8
    • lack of 994.2
  • Hunger 994.2
    • air, psychogenic 306.1
    • disease 251.1
  • Inanition 263.9
    • due to
      • deprivation of food 994.2
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • food 994.2
    • nourishment 994.2
  • Lack of
    • food 994.2
      • in environment V60.89
  • Nutrition, deficient or insufficient (particular kind of food) 269.9
    • due to
      • insufficient food 994.2
      • lack of
        • food 994.2
  • Starvation (inanition) (due to lack of food) 994.2
    • edema 262
    • voluntary NEC 307.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 994.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
994.2 Right Arrow T73.0XXA Starvation, initial encounter
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
994.0 Effects of lightning
994.1 Drowning and nonfatal submersion
994.3 Effects of thirst
994.4 Exhaustion due to exposure
994.5 Exhaustion due to excessive exertion
994.6 Motion sickness
994.7 Asphyxiation and strangulation
994.8 Electrocution and nonfatal effects of electric current
994.9 Other effects of external causes


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