E53.8
E53.8: Deficiency of other specified B group vitamins
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E53.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for deficiency of other specified b group vitamins. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E53.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- folate deficiency anemia (D52.-)
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Biotin deficiency
- Cyanocobalamin deficiency
- Folate deficiency
- Folic acid deficiency
- Pantothenic acid deficiency
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
Other codes that can never be billed with E53.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E53.8 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 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
- A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Chacaleh
- Electric feet syndrome
- Melalgia, nutritional
- Avitaminosis›B12
- Deficiency, deficient›biotin
- Deficiency, deficient›choline
- Deficiency, deficient›cyanocobalamin
- Deficiency, deficient›folate
- Deficiency, deficient›folic acid
- Deficiency, deficient›inositol(B complex)
- Deficiency, deficient›pantothenic acid
- Degeneration, degenerative›combined(spinal cord) (subacute)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.