ICD-10-CM · Chapter 4 · E00–E89
E56.0
Deficiency of vitamin E
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- E56.0
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 4 — Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- Category
- E56 — Other vitamin deficiencies
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM E56.0 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of deficiency of vitamin e. 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 E56
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