E50.6

E50.6: Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E50.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vitamin a deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E50.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E50.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E50: Vitamin A deficiency

sequelae of vitamin A deficiency (E64.1)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E50.6 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Scar, scarring›cornea›xerophthalmic›vitamin A deficiency
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A›with›scar of cornea, xerophthalmic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.