Is E50.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E50.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E50.2 sit in the tabular list?

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).

E50.2

E50.2 — Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E50.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vitamin a deficiency with corneal xerosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

E50.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E50.2 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A57483Billing and Coding: Visual Fields
A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination

How E50.2 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to E50.2.

Xerosis›cornea›vitamin A deficiency
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A›with›xerosis›cornea

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E50. If E50.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E50.2

Is E50.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E50.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E50.2 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).