269.0 DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN K


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 269.0

Short Description: Deficiency of vitamin k

Long Description: Deficiency of vitamin K

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Nutritional deficiencies (260-269)
      • 269 Other nutritional deficiencies
        • 269.0 Deficiency of vitamin k

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 269.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Avitaminosis (multiple NEC) (see also Deficiency, vitamin) 269.2
    • K 269.0
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • menadione (vitamin K) 269.0
      • newborn 776.0
    • vitamin (multiple) NEC 269.2
      • K 269.0
        • of newborn 776.0
  • Menadione (vitamin K) deficiency 269.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 269.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
269.0 Right Arrow E56.1 Deficiency of vitamin K
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
269.1 Deficiency of other vitamins
269.2 Unspecified vitamin deficiency
269.3 Mineral deficiency, not elsewhere classified
269.8 Other nutritional deficiency
269.9 Unspecified nutritional deficiency


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