E59
E59: Dietary selenium deficiency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dietary selenium deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E59 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- sequelae of selenium deficiency (E64.8)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Keshan disease
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Keshan disease
- Selenium deficiency, dietary
- Deficiency, deficient›selenium(dietary)
- Disease, diseased›Keshan
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.