E50.9 - Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified

The ICD 10 Code for Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified is listed as E50.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	E50.9
Description:	Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified Hypovitaminosis A NOS
Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRG v30.0)	640 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W Mcc 641 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W/o Mcc

Chapter	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Block	Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
Parent	E50 - Vitamin A deficiency
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code:	264.9 - Unspecified vitamin A deficiency (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E50.9:
E50.0 - Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis
E50.1 - Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis
E50.2 - Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis
E50.3 - Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis
E50.4 - Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia
E50.5 - Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
E50.6 - Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea
E50.7 - Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
E50.8 - Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency