ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00–E89
E50.0
Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- E50.0
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 4 — Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- Category
- E50 — Vitamin A deficiency
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM E50.0 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of vitamin a deficiency with conjunctival xerosis. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in E50
- E50Vitamin A deficiency
- E50.1Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis
- E50.2Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis
- E50.3Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis
- E50.4Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia
- E50.5Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
- E50.6Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea
- E50.7Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
- E50.8Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
- E50.9Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified
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