E55.9
E55.9: Vitamin D deficiency, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E55.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vitamin d deficiency, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E55.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Avitaminosis D
Other codes that can never be billed with E55.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E83Disorders of mineral metabolism
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E55.9 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56798Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
- A57484Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Calciferol deficiency(vitamin D)
- Ergosterol deficiency(vitamin D)
- Avitaminosis›D
- Deficiency, deficient›calciferol
- Deficiency, deficient›ergosterol
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›D
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.