ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00–E89
E50.3
Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- E50.3
- 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 E50.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of vitamin a deficiency with corneal ulceration and 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
- E50.0Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis
- E50.1Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis
- E50.2Vitamin A deficiency with corneal 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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