E50-E64 — Other nutritional deficiencies
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.1.26.
Codes in range
50
No clinical group
9
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
41 of the 50 codes in E50-E64 group to MMTA - Other. A further 9 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Every code in E50-E64
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| E500 | Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis | A | Accepted |
| E501 | Vitamin A deficiency w Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis | A | Accepted |
| E502 | Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis | A | Accepted |
| E503 | Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis | A | Accepted |
| E504 | Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia | A | Accepted |
| E505 | Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness | A | Accepted |
| E506 | Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea | A | Accepted |
| E507 | Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E508 | Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E509 | Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| E5111 | Dry beriberi | A | Accepted |
| E5112 | Wet beriberi | A | Accepted |
| E512 | Wernicke's encephalopathy | A | Accepted |
| E518 | Other manifestations of thiamine deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E519 | Thiamine deficiency, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| E52 | Niacin deficiency [pellagra] | A | Accepted |
| E530 | Riboflavin deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E531 | Pyridoxine deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E538 | Deficiency of other specified B group vitamins | A | Accepted |
| E539 | Vitamin B deficiency, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| E54 | Ascorbic acid deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E550 | Rickets, active | A | Accepted |
| E559 | Vitamin D deficiency, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| E560 | Deficiency of vitamin E | A | Accepted |
| E561 | Deficiency of vitamin K | A | Accepted |
| E568 | Deficiency of other vitamins | A | Accepted |
| E569 | Vitamin deficiency, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| E58 | Dietary calcium deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E59 | Dietary selenium deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E60 | Dietary zinc deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E610 | Copper deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E611 | Iron deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E612 | Magnesium deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E613 | Manganese deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E614 | Chromium deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E615 | Molybdenum deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E616 | Vanadium deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E617 | Deficiency of multiple nutrient elements | A | Accepted |
| E618 | Deficiency of other specified nutrient elements | A | Accepted |
| E619 | Deficiency of nutrient element, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| E630 | Essential fatty acid [EFA] deficiency | A | Accepted |
| E631 | Imbalance of constituents of food intake | A | Accepted |
| E638 | Other specified nutritional deficiencies | A | Accepted |
| E639 | Nutritional deficiency, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| E640 | Sequelae of protein-calorie malnutrition | None | Cannot group |
| E641 | Sequelae of vitamin A deficiency | None | Cannot group |
| E642 | Sequelae of vitamin C deficiency | None | Cannot group |
| E643 | Sequelae of rickets | None | Cannot group |
| E648 | Sequelae of other nutritional deficiencies | None | Cannot group |
| E649 | Sequelae of unspecified nutritional deficiency | None | Cannot group |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.1.26, effective 2026-04-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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