1. K90 Intestinal malabsorption

    Excludes1

    • intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2)
    1. K90.0 Celiac disease

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Celiac disease with steatorrhea
      • Celiac gluten-sensitive enteropathy
      • Nontropical sprue
    2. K90.1 Tropical sprue

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Sprue NOS
      • Tropical steatorrhea
    3. K90.2 Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Blind loop syndrome NOS
    4. K90.3 Pancreatic steatorrhea

    5. K90.4 Other malabsorption due to intolerance

      1. K90.41 Non-celiac gluten sensitivity

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Gluten sensitivity NOS
        • Non-celiac gluten sensitive enteropathy
      2. K90.49 Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Malabsorption due to intolerance to carbohydrate
        • Malabsorption due to intolerance to fat
        • Malabsorption due to intolerance to protein
        • Malabsorption due to intolerance to starch
    6. K90.8 Other intestinal malabsorption

      1. K90.81 Whipple's disease

      2. K90.82 Short bowel syndrome

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Short gut syndrome
      3. K90.83 Intestinal failure

      4. K90.89 Other intestinal malabsorption

    7. K90.9 Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.