ICD-10-CM Code E50
Vitamin A deficiency
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code E50 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of E50 that describes the diagnosis 'vitamin a deficiency' in more detail.
- E50 Vitamin A deficiency NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE E50.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis
- BILLABLE E50.1 Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis
- BILLABLE E50.2 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis
- BILLABLE E50.3 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis
- BILLABLE E50.4 Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia
- BILLABLE E50.5 Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
- BILLABLE E50.6 Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea
- BILLABLE E50.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
- BILLABLE E50.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
- BILLABLE E50.9 Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified
The ICD code E50 is used to code Vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a lack of vitamin A in humans. It is common in poorer countries but rarely seen in more developed countries. Nyctalopia (night blindness) is one of the first signs of VAD. Xerophthalmia, keratomalacia, and complete blindness can also occur since Vitamin A has a major role in phototransduction.
| Specialty: | Endocrinology |
| MeSH Code: | D014802 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 264.9 |
Coding Notes for E50 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Sequelae of vitamin A deficiency - instead, use code E64.1
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E50 - Vitamin A deficiency'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E50. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.