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E50

Vitamin A deficiency

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • E50.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis
  • E50.1 Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis
  • E50.2 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis
  • E50.3 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis
  • E50.4 Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia
  • E50.5 Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
  • E50.6 Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea
  • E50.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
  • E50.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
  • E50.9 Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Vitamin A deficiency

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • sequelae of vitamin A deficiency (E64.1)

Inherited from the E50-E64 section Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • nutritional anemias (D50-D53)