E56.8

E56.8: Deficiency of other vitamins

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E56.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for deficiency of other vitamins. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E56.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E56.8

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

E56.8 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A57307Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A57478Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›P
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.