E56
Other vitamin deficiencies
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
E56 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for other vitamin deficiencies. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are E56.0 Deficiency of vitamin E; E56.1 Deficiency of vitamin K; E56.8 Deficiency of other vitamins and E56.9 Vitamin deficiency, unspecified. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 1 Excludes2 entry.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
This code
- sequelae of other vitamin deficiencies (E64.8)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.