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E56.1 - Deficiency of vitamin K


The ICD 10 Code for Deficiency of vitamin K is listed as E56.1.
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: E56.1
Description: Deficiency of vitamin K
  • Excludes1: deficiency of coagulation factor due to vitamin K deficiency (D68.4)
  • vitamin K deficiency of newborn (P53)
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 E56 - Other vitamin deficiencies
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 269.0 - Deficiency of vitamin K
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E56.1:
E56.0 - Deficiency of vitamin E
E56.8 - Deficiency of other vitamins
E56.9 - Vitamin deficiency, unspecified