E50.7

E50.7: Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E50.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other ocular manifestations of vitamin a deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Xerophthalmia NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E50.7

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

E50.7 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A57483Billing and Coding: Visual Fields

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Xerophthalmia(vitamin A deficiency)
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A›with›xerophthalmia

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.