E55.0

Billable
ChapterE00–E89
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Official Description

Rickets, active

Metadata & Insights
  • Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • Chapter 4: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Infantile osteomalacia
  • Juvenile osteomalacia
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • celiac rickets (K90.0)
  • Crohn's rickets (K50.-)
  • hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets (E83.32)
  • inactive rickets (E64.3)
  • renal rickets (N25.0)
  • sequelae of rickets (E64.3)
  • vitamin D-resistant rickets (E83.31)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH4Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
E50-E64Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
E55Vitamin D deficiency
E55.0Rickets, activeBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to E55.0:

categoryE55
Vitamin D deficiency
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blockE50-E64
Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
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chapterCH4
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

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