ICD-10-CM › E00-E89 › E50-E64 › E61 Deficiency of other nutrient elements › E61.4
Chromium deficiency
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Chromium 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.
Inherited from E61 Deficiency of other nutrient elements
Excludes1 - never coded here
- disorders of mineral metabolism (E83.-)
- iodine deficiency related thyroid disorders (E00-E02)
- sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (E64.-)
Use additional code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Inherited from the E50-E64 section Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
Excludes2 - not included here
- nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Deficit
- Avitaminosis
- Hypovitaminosis
- Vitamin deficiency
- Leukoencephalopathy
- Deprivation > vitamins
- Deficiency, deficient > factor
- Defect, defective > coagulation
- Deficiency, deficient > clotting
- Disturbance > absorption > vitamin
- Encephalopathy > in > lack of vitamin
- Deficiency, deficient > clotting factor NEC
- Deficiency, deficient > coagulation NOS > clotting factor NEC
- Deficiency, deficient > chromium
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| E61.0 | Copper deficiency | Valid |
| E61.1 | Iron deficiency | Valid |
| E61.2 | Magnesium deficiency | Valid |
| E61.3 | Manganese deficiency | Valid |
| E61.5 | Molybdenum deficiency | Valid |
| E61.6 | Vanadium deficiency | Valid |
| E61.7 | Deficiency of multiple nutrient elements | Valid |
| E61.8 | Deficiency of other specified nutrient elements | Valid |
| E61.9 | Deficiency of nutrient element, unspecified | Valid |