E53.1

E53.1: Pyridoxine deficiency

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E53.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pyridoxine deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E53.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

pyridoxine-responsive sideroblastic anemia (D64.3)

Inclusion terms

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

Vitamin B6 deficiency

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E53.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E53: Deficiency of other B group vitamins

sequelae of vitamin B deficiency (E64.8)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E53.1 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
A57123Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Avitaminosis›B6
Deficiency, deficient›pyracin(alpha) (beta)
Deficiency, deficient›pyridoxal
Deficiency, deficient›pyridoxamine
Deficiency, deficient›pyridoxine(derivatives)
Dependence›vitamin B6
Syndrome›vitamin B6 deficiency
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›B6
Polyneuropathy›in›deficiency›vitamin B6

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.