E50.5
BillableVitamin A deficiency with night blindness
This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).
What This Code Means
Vitamin A deficiency causing difficulty seeing in low light or darkness, often one of the earliest signs of vitamin A deficiency.
Coding Tips
- •Night blindness may be the first clinical manifestation of vitamin A deficiency
- •This is a functional vision problem that typically improves with vitamin A supplementation
Code Hierarchy
└E50Vitamin A deficiency└E50.5Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
└E50.5Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness