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ICD-10-CM Code E55
Vitamin D deficiency

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code E55 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of E55 that describes the diagnosis 'vitamin d deficiency' in more detail.


The ICD code E55 is used to code Hypovitaminosis D

Hypovitaminosis D is a deficiency of vitamin D. It can result from inadequate nutritional intake of vitamin D and/or inadequate sunlight exposure (in particular sunlight with adequate ultraviolet B rays), disorders limiting vitamin D absorption, and conditions impairing vitamin D conversion into active metabolites—including certain liver, kidney, and hereditary disorders. Deficiency impairs bone mineralization, leading to bone softening diseases as rickets in children and osteomalacia and osteoporosis in adults. Emerging evidence suggests vitamin D plays a role in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Specialty: Endocrinology
MeSH Code: D014808
ICD 9 Code: 268

Calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol). Active form. Note extra OH groups at upper right and lower right.

Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for E55 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

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."
Adult osteomalacia - instead, use code M83.-
Osteoporosis - instead, use code M80.-
Sequelae of rickets - instead, use code E64.3

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