Excludes2

  1. E50 Vitamin A deficiency

    Excludes1

    • sequelae of vitamin A deficiency (E64.1)
    1. E50.0 Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis

    2. E50.1 Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Bitot's spot in the young child
    3. E50.2 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis

    4. E50.3 Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis

    5. E50.4 Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia

    6. E50.5 Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness

    7. E50.6 Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea

    8. E50.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Xerophthalmia NOS
    9. E50.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Follicular keratosis
      • Xeroderma
    10. E50.9 Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Hypovitaminosis A NOS
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.