Diagnosis Code

E55.0 RICKETS, ACTIVE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E55.0

Short Description: Rickets, active

Long Description: Rickets, active

The code E55.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89)
    • Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
      • Vitamin D deficiency (E55)
        • E55.0 Rickets, active

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired deformity of chest wall
  • Active rickets
  • Biochemical rickets
  • Calcipenic type rickets
  • Curvature of spine due to osteomalacia
  • Endocrine myopathy
  • Hypocalcemic rickets
  • Hypophosphatasia rickets
  • Myopathy in osteomalacia
  • Neonatal rickets
  • Osteomalacia
  • Osteomalacia due to vitamin D deficiency
  • Rachitic dwarf
  • Rachitic rosary
  • Rickets

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code E55.0 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Bone Diseases And Arthropathies With Mcc (553)
  • Bone Diseases And Arthropathies Without Mcc (554)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code E55.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Infantile osteomalacia
    • Juvenile osteomalacia
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • celiac rickets (@K90.0*)
    • Crohn's rickets (@K50*.-)
    • hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets (@E83.32*)
    • inactive rickets (@E64.3*)
    • renal rickets (@N25.0*)
    • sequelae of rickets (@E64.3*)
    • vitamin D-resistant rickets (@E83.31*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
E55.0 Right Arrow 268.0 Rickets, active

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
E55 Vitamin D deficiency
E55.9 Vitamin D deficiency, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023