E50.1
Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 3 never code together
Instructional notes 2
E50.1code
Inclusion terms
- Bitot's spot in the young child
E00-E89chapter
Notes
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.E05.8E07.0E16-E31E34.-
Index entries leading here 3
- Deficiency, deficient
- Spots, spotting (in) (of)
- Xerosis
Alongside this code 9 same parent — E50
E50.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis E50.2 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis E50.3 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis E50.4 Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia E50.5 Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness E50.6 Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea E50.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency E50.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency E50.9 Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified
Medications 5
89 Vitamin B Deficiency drugs 32 Vitamin E Deficiency drugs 18 Vitamin D Deficiency drugs 10 Vitamin A Deficiency drugs 6 Vitamin K Deficiency drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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