264.9 - Unspecified Vitamin A Deficiency
The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified vitamin A deficiency is listed as 264.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 264.9 |
| Long Description: | Unspecified vitamin A deficiency |
| Short Description: | Vitamin A deficiency NOS |
| Chapter: | Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders |
| Block: | Nutritional Deficiencies (260-269) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | E50.9 - Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 264.9: | |
| 264.0 - Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis | |
| 264.1 - Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis and Bitot's spot | |
| 264.2 - Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis | |
| 264.3 - Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis | |
| 264.4 - Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia | |
| 264.5 - Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness | |
| 264.6 - Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea | |
| 264.7 - Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency | |
| 264.8 - Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency | |