E56.0 — Deficiency of vitamin E
E56.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for deficiency of vitamin e. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E56.0 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
E56.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A57123Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
How E56.0 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 E56.0.
- Tocopherol deficiency
- Deficiency, deficient›tocopherol
- Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›E
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E56. If E56.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E56.0
- Is E56.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E56.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E56.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).