Vitamin D Deficiency ICD-10-CM Codes | 2023

What ICD-10 Codes are Used for Vitamin D Deficiency?

If your patient has a vitamin D deficiency, the appropriate ICD-10 code you can use is E55: Vitamin D deficiency.

However, if you discovered that vitamin D is either a cause or symptom of what the patient is feeling, you can use the following Vitamin D Deficiency associated ICD Codes:

• E55: Vitamin D deficiency
• E55.0: Rickets, active
• E55.9: Vitamin D deficiency, unspecified
• M83: Adult osteomalacia
• M83.3: Adult osteomalacia due to malnutrition
• E64.3: Sequelae of rickets

Note that E55 and M83 aren’t valid for submission because they aren’t specific enough. To add, one must use two diagnosis codes before using E64.3.

Which Vitamin D Deficiency ICD codes are Billable: 

Here’s a list of the most common ICD codes for Vitamin D deficiency and their billability:

• E55: No, it is not billable because it isn’t specific enough.
• E55.0: Yes, it is billable since there is a specified medical diagnosis of rickets, active
• E55.9: Yes, it is billable; however, it’s only acceptable if clinical information on the patient’s condition is unavailable or unknown.
• M83: No, it is not billable because of its lack of specificity.
• M83.3: Yes, it is billable since there is a specified medical diagnosis of adult osteomalacia due to malnutrition. 
• E64.3: Yes, it is billable; however, it’s required that the patient must use two diagnosis codes before using this one. 

Clinical Information

• A patient usually has a Vitamin D deficiency condition if they don’t include enough Vitamin D in the diet, their skin doesn’t produce enough Vitamin D, their body can’t absorb enough Vitamin D from their diet, or they cannot convert Vitamin D the one that the body can metabolize. 
• If a patient doesn’t have enough vitamin D, their body cannot absorb calcium, and their immune, nervous, and muscle systems are at risk of getting compromised. In addition, a deficiency can lead to the patient developing conditions like osteoporosis and fractures and diseases like rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
• A patient is usually asked to take supplements to treat vitamin D deficiency. 
• Prevention of this condition is as simple as eating vitamin D-rich food in moderation, like fatty fish, cheese, mushrooms, egg yolks, milk, orange juice, soy drinks, dairy, etc.

Synonyms Include:

Vitamin D deficiency:

• Decreased vitamin D
• Disorder of vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency
• Hyperparathyroidism due to vitamin D deficiency 

Rickets

• Active rickets
• Osteomalacia
• Hypocalcemic rickets

Osteomalacia 

• Adult osteomalacia due to malnutrition
• Osteomalacia due to vitamin D deficiency