E50.8
E50.8: Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E50.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other manifestations of vitamin a deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E50.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Follicular keratosis
- Xeroderma
Other codes that can never be billed with E50.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- L86Keratoderma in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E50.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 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
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Phrynoderma(vitamin A deficiency)
- Keratosis›vitamin A deficiency
- Xeroderma›vitamin A deficiency
- Keratosis›follicularis›vitamin A deficiency
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A›with›follicular keratosis
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A›with›manifestations NEC
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A›with›xeroderma
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under E50
- 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
- E50.9Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified