E63.8
E63.8 — Other specified nutritional deficiencies
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E63.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified nutritional deficiencies. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E63.8 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.
How E63.8 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 E63.8.
- Nutrition deficient or insufficient›specified NEC
- Deficiency, deficient›nutrition, nutritional›specified NEC
- Food›deprivation›specified kind of food NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E63. If E63.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E63.8
- Is E63.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E63.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E63.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).