Catalog

Moderate acute malnutrition in infants, children or adolescents

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Moderate acute malnutrition in infants, children or adolescents – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/368223524

For children aged 6 months to 5 years of age (6 to 60 completed months), moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is defined as moderate wasting and/or mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC) greater or equal to 115 mm and less than 125 mm. For infants aged 0 to 6 months and for children aged 5 to 19 years (61 to 228 completed months), moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) is defined as moderate wasting.