Is E51.12 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E51.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E51.12 sit in the tabular list?

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

E51.12

E51.12 — Wet beriberi

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E51.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for wet beriberi. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Beriberi with cardiovascular manifestations
Cardiovascular beriberi
Shoshin disease

Risk adjustment

E51.12 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

E51.12 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography

How E51.12 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 E51.12.

Beriberi›heart(disease)
Beriberi›wet
Cardiomyopathy›beriberi
Cardiomyopathy›due to›beriberi
Cardiomyopathy›nutritional›beriberi
Disease, diseased›heart›beriberi(wet)
Myocardiopathy›in›beriberi
Deficiency, deficient›thiamin, thiaminic›beriberi›wet
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›B1 NOS›beriberi›wet
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›B NOS›with›beriberi›wet

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E51.1. If E51.12 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

E51.11Dry beriberi

Questions about E51.12

Is E51.12 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E51.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E51.12 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).