E56.1

Approximate Synonyms

• Vitamin k deficiency

Clinical Information

• A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin k in the diet, characterized by an increased tendency to hemorrhage hemorrhagic disorders). Such bleeding episodes may be particularly severe in newborn infants. from cecil textbook of medicine, 19th ed, p1182)

• Condition due to a deficiency of vitamin k.

• Deficiency of vitamin k. It may lead to bleeding, manifested with ecchymoses, petechiae, and hematomas. In infants it may cause hemorrhagic disease of newborn with intracranial and retroperitoneal bleeding.

Details

• E56.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM E56.1 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E56.1 – other international versions of ICD-10 E56.1 may differ.