E53.9 — Vitamin B deficiency, unspecified
E53.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vitamin b deficiency, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E53.9 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
E53.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A57954Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
How E53.9 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 E53.9.
- Avitaminosis›B
- Burning›feet syndrome
- Encephalopathy›vitamin B deficiency NEC
- Syndrome›burning feet
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›B NOS(complex)
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›group B
- Polyneuropathy›in›deficiency›B vitamins(-complex)
- Stomatitis›due to›vitamin deficiency›B group NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E53. If E53.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E53.9
- Is E53.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E53.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E53.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).