icd 10 cm code for vitamin a deficiency with night blindness

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Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
E50. 5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

What is the ICD 10 code for night blindness?

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E64.1 A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin a in the diet, characterized by night blindness and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (xerophthalmia). Vitamin a deficiency is a very common problem worldwide,...

What is the ICD 10 code for vitamin A deficiency?

Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified. E50.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM E50.9 became effective on October 1, 2020.

What is the pathophysiology of vitamin A deficiency?

A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin a in the diet, characterized by night blindness and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (xerophthalmia).

What is the ICD-10-CM code for night blindness?

ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified night blindness H53. 60.

What is diagnosis code E55?

ICD-10 code E55 for Vitamin D deficiency is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

What is the ICD-10 code for day blindness?

ICD-10-CM Code for Day blindness H53. 11.

What is the diagnosis code for blindness?

ICD-10-CM Code for Blindness, both eyes H54. 0.

What is ICD-10 code for vitamin deficiency?

ICD-10 code E56. 9 for Vitamin deficiency, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

Can E55 9 be a primary diagnosis code?

E55. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

When choosing a diagnosis code for blindness and low vision category H54 the coder should?

Category-level tabular instruction at H54. - (Blindness and low vision) requires you to “code first” the underlying cause of the patient's blindness and low vision. Most codes within this category require a high level of detail in the category of vision loss, whether one or both eyes are affected, and to what degree.

What are the different categories of blindness?

DefinitionsMild –visual acuity worse than 6/12 to 6/18.Moderate –visual acuity worse than 6/18 to 6/60.Severe –visual acuity worse than 6/60 to 3/60.Blindness –visual acuity worse than 3/60.

What does Category 3 blindness mean?

3, Unqualified visual loss, both eyes. If “blindness” or “low vision” in one eye is documented but the visual impairment category is not documented, assign a code from H54. 6-, Unqualified visual loss, one eye.

What is the ICD-10 code for right eye blindness?

ICD-10 code H54. 41 for Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

What is the ICD-10 code for ASHD?

ICD-10 Code for Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina pectoris- I25. 10- Codify by AAPC.

What is I10 diagnosis?

ICD-Code I10 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Essential (Primary) Hypertension.

The ICD code E50 is used to code Vitamin A deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a lack of vitamin A in humans. It is common in poorer countries but rarely seen in more developed countries. Nyctalopia (night blindness) is one of the first signs of VAD. Xerophthalmia, keratomalacia, and complete blindness can also occur since Vitamin A has a major role in phototransduction.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'E50.5 - Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code E50.5. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 264.5 was previously used, E50.5 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.

What is D50-D53?

nutritional anemias ( D50-D53) Other nutritional deficiencies. Clinical Information. A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin a in the diet, characterized by night blindness and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (xerophthalmia).

Is vitamin A deficiency a reimbursement?

Vitamin A deficiency. E50 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM E50 became effective on October 1, 2020.