E50.9
E50.9: Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vitamin a deficiency, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E50.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hypovitaminosis A NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E50.9 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56672Billing and Coding: Electroretinography (ERG)
- A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Deficiency, deficient›carotene
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›A
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
- E50.8Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency