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264.9 VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 264.9

Short Description: Vitamin A deficiency NOS

Long Description: Unspecified vitamin A deficiency

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Nutritional deficiencies (260-269)
      • 264 Vitamin A deficiency
        • 264.9 Vitamin A deficiency NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 264.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Avitaminosis (multiple NEC) (see also Deficiency, vitamin) 269.2
    • A 264.9
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • carotene 264.9
    • vitamin (multiple) NEC 269.2
      • A 264.9
        • with
          • Bit�t's spot 264.1
            • corneal 264.2
              • with corneal ulceration 264.3
          • keratomalacia 264.4
          • keratosis, follicular 264.8
          • night blindness 264.5
          • scar of cornea, xerophthalmic 264.6
          • specified manifestation NEC 264.8
            • ocular 264.7
            • conjunctival 264.0
              • with Bit�t's spot 264.1
            • corneal 264.2
              • with corneal ulceration 264.3
        • xeroderma 264.8
        • xerophthalmia 264.7
        • xerosis

Crosswalk Information

The code 264.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
264.9 Right Arrow E50.9 Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
264.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis
264.1 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis and Bitot's spot
264.2 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis
264.3 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis
264.4 Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia
264.5 Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
264.6 Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea
264.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
264.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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