ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
E50 Vitamin A deficiency
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 10 billable codes below
About E50
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Coding notes for E50
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
- sequelae of vitamin A deficiency (E64.1)
Block E50-E64 notes (apply to every code in it)
Chapter 4 notes (apply to every code in it)
Note
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.
Codes under E50 10
- E50.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosisBillable
- E50.1 Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosisBillable
- E50.2 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosisBillable
- E50.3 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosisBillable
- E50.4 Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalaciaBillable
- E50.5 Vitamin A deficiency with night blindnessBillable
- E50.6 Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of corneaBillable
- E50.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiencyBillable
- E50.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiencyBillable
- E50.9 Vitamin A deficiency, unspecifiedBillable
Other categories in E50-E64
- E51 Thiamine deficiencyHeader
- E52 Niacin deficiency [pellagra]Billable
- E53 Deficiency of other B group vitaminsHeader
- E54 Ascorbic acid deficiencyBillable
- E55 Vitamin D deficiencyHeader
- E56 Other vitamin deficienciesHeader
- E58 Dietary calcium deficiencyBillable
- E59 Dietary selenium deficiencyBillable
- E60 Dietary zinc deficiencyBillable
- E61 Deficiency of other nutrient elementsHeader
- E63 Other nutritional deficienciesHeader
- E64 Sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficienciesHeader
Latest research on vitamin A deficiency
- Higher parental vitamin B12 associated with fewer birth defects
- Lower vitamin D levels in the second and third trimesters are associated with an increased risk of early childhood caries in children
- 2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 8th, 2025
- Increased Serum 25(OH)D levels associated with decreased mortality risk in adult men
- 2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 27, 2025
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