ICD-10-CM Code E51.12
Wet beriberi
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.E51.12 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of wet beriberi. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code E511 is used to code Beriberi
Beriberi refers to a cluster of symptoms caused primarily by a nutritional deficit in vitamin B1 (thiamine). Beriberi has conventionally been divided into three separate entities, relating to the body system mainly involved (peripheral nervous system or cardiovascular) or age of person (infantile). Beriberi is one of several thiamine-deficiency related conditions which may occur concurrently, including Wernicke's encephalopathy (mainly affecting the central nervous system), Korsakoff's syndrome (amnesia with additional psychiatric manifestations), and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (with both neurologic and psychiatric symptoms).
| Specialty: | Neurology, Cardiology, Pediatrics |
| MeSH Code: | D001602 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 265.0 |
A sufferer from beriberi – turn of the 20th century in southeast Asia
Coding Notes for E51.12 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Beriberi with cardiovascular manifestations
- Cardiovascular beriberi
- Shoshin disease
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #640-641 - Misc disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids or electrolytes with MCC.
- DRG Group #640-641 - Misc disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids or electrolytes without MCC.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Shoshin beriberi (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E51.12 - Wet beriberi'
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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code E51.12 and a single ICD9 code, 265.0 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: E51.1 - Beriberi