E56.9

E56.9: Vitamin deficiency, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E56.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vitamin deficiency, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E56.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E56.9

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

E56.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
A56680Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Avitaminosis(multiple)
Neuroavitaminosis
Deficiency, deficient›vitamin NOS(multiple)
Polyneuritis, polyneuritic›due to lack of vitamin NEC
Encephalopathy›in›lack of vitamin
Polyneuropathy›in›avitaminosis NEC
Polyneuropathy›in›lack of vitamin NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.