E56.0

E56.0: Deficiency of vitamin E

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E56.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for deficiency of vitamin e. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E56.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E56.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E56: Other vitamin deficiencies

sequelae of other vitamin deficiencies (E64.8)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E56.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Tocopherol deficiency
Deficiency, deficient›tocopherol
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›E

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.