E50.5
Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 3 never code together
Instructional notes 1
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 4
Alongside this code 9 same parent — E50
E50.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis E50.1 Vitamin A deficiency w Bitot's spot and 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 E50.6 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
5 Night Blindness drugs 89 Vitamin B Deficiency drugs 32 Vitamin E Deficiency drugs 18 Vitamin D Deficiency drugs 10 Vitamin A 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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