E50
Non-Billable
ChapterE00–E89
Rankcategory
Official Description
Vitamin A deficiency
Metadata & Insights
- •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
- •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
- •Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89).
Clinical Hierarchy
CH4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
E50-E64Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
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
E50.3Vitamin 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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Alphabetic Index Mentions
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25 raw paths
Amblyopia (congenital) (ex anopsia) (partial) (suppression)1 unique routes
Deficiency, deficient14 unique routes
vitamin (multiple) NOS(13 variants)
with(12 variants)
Hemeralopia (day blindness)1 unique routes
Keratitis (nodular) (nonulcerative) (simple) (zonular)1 unique routes
Keratomalacia1 unique routes
Keratosis2 unique routes
Phrynoderma (vitamin A deficiency)1 unique routes
Scar, scarring1 unique routes
Spots, spotting (in) (of)2 unique routes
Bitot's(2 variants)
MS-DRG Classification
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