E56.0

Approximate Synonyms

• Vitamin e deficiency

Clinical Information

• A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin e in the diet, characterized by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia, and disturbances of gait, proprioception, and vibration. In premature infants vitamin e deficiency is associated with hemolytic anemia, thrombocytosis, edema, intraventricular hemorrhage, and increasing risk of retrolental fibroplasia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. An apparent inborn error of vitamin e metabolism, named familial isolated vitamin e deficiency, has recently been identified. cecil textbook of medicine, 19th ed, p1181)

• Condition due to a deficiency of vitamin e.

Details

• E56.0 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 E56.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E56.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 E56.0 may differ.