Diagnosis Code

E61.8 DEFICIENCY OF OTHER SPECIFIED NUTRIENT ELEMENTS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E61.8

Short Description: Deficiency of other specified nutrient elements

Long Description: Deficiency of other specified nutrient elements

The code E61.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89)
    • Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
      • Deficiency of other nutrient elements (E61)
        • E61.8 Deficiency of other specified nutrient elements

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Alimentary edema
  • Chloride deficiency
  • Dental caries due to fluorine deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to iodine deficiency
  • Developmental academic disorder due to micronutrient deficiency
  • Dietary iodine deficiency
  • Fluorine deficiency
  • Inadequate beta glucan intake
  • Inadequate bioactive substance intake
  • Inadequate bioactive substance intake
  • Inadequate bioactive substance intake
  • Inadequate bioactive substance intake
  • Inadequate bioactive substance intake
  • Inadequate boron intake
  • Inadequate cobalt intake
  • Inadequate intake of fat and oil
  • Inadequate intake of fluoride
  • Inadequate intake of iodine
  • Inadequate intake of plant fiber
  • Inadequate phosphorus intake
  • Inadequate plant stanol ester intake
  • Inadequate plant sterol ester intake
  • Inadequate psyllium intake
  • Inadequate soy protein intake
  • Intellectual developmental disorder due to nutritional deficiency
  • Iodine deficiency
  • Iodine deficiency disease, non goiter
  • Mineral deficiency
  • Phosphate deficiency

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code E61.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes With Mcc (640)
  • Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes Without Mcc (641)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
E61.8 Right Arrow 269.8 Nutrition deficiency NEC

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
E61 Deficiency of other nutrient elements
E61.0 Copper deficiency
E61.1 Iron deficiency
E61.2 Magnesium deficiency
E61.3 Manganese deficiency
E61.4 Chromium deficiency
E61.5 Molybdenum deficiency
E61.6 Vanadium deficiency
E61.7 Deficiency of multiple nutrient elements
E61.9 Deficiency of nutrient element, unspecified


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