ICD-11 classes
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General symptoms, signs or clinical findings
General symptoms
MG20 — Cachexia
ICD-11 MG20 — Cachexia
Cachexia is a pathological generalised loss of body mass with reduction of the storage fat deposits, structural fat and musculature that can be accompanied by gradual loss of function of organs.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 3 items.
- Human immunodeficiency virus disease associated with wasting syndrome (1C62.3)
- Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined or unspecified primary sites (2D40-2D4Z)
- nutritional marasmus (5B51)
Diagnosis with code MG20 contains 2 clarifying diagnoses:
- MG20.0 — Malignant cachexia
- MG20.Z — Cachexia, unspecified