NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES (260-269)

• Excludes: deficiency anemias (280.0-281.9)
• 260 Kwashiorkor
  • Nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair
• 261 Nutritional marasmus
  • Nutritional atrophy
  • Severe calorie deficiency
  • Severe malnutrition NOS
• 262 Other severe protein-calorie malnutrition
  • Nutritional edema without mention of dyspigmentation of skin and hair
• 263 Other and unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
  • 263.0 Malnutrition of moderate degree
  • 263.1 Malnutrition of mild degree
  • 263.2 Arrested development following protein-calorie malnutrition
    • Nutritional dwarfism
    • Physical retardation due to malnutrition
  • 263.8 Other protein-calorie malnutrition
  • 263.9 Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
    • Dystrophy due to malnutrition
    • Malnutrition (calorie) NOS
    • Excludes: nutritional deficiency NOS (269.9)
• 264 Vitamin A deficiency
  • 264.0 With conjunctival xerosis
  • 264.1 With conjunctival xerosis and Bitot's spot
    • Bitot's spot in the young child
  • 264.2 With corneal xerosis
  • 264.3 With corneal ulceration and xerosis
  • 264.4 With keratomalacia
  • 264.5 With night blindness
  • 264.6 With xerophthalmic scars of cornea
  • 264.7 Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
    • Xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency
  • 264.8 Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiency
    • Follicular keratosis due to vitamin A deficiency
    • Xeroderma due to vitamin A deficiency
  • 264.9 Unspecified vitamin A deficiency
    • Hypovitaminosis A NOS
• 265 Thiamine and niacin deficiency states
  • 265.0 Beriberi
  • 265.1 Other and unspecified manifestations of thiamine deficiency
    • Other vitamin B1 deficiency states
  • 265.2 Pellagra
    • Deficiency:
      • niacin (-tryptophan)
      • nicotinamide
      • nicotinic acid
      • vitamin PP
    • Pellagra (alcoholic)
• 266 Deficiency of B-complex components
  • 266.0 Ariboflavinosis
    • Riboflavin [vitamin B2] deficiency
  • 266.1 Vitamin B6 deficiency
    • Deficiency:
      • pyridoxal
      • pyridoxamine
      • pyridoxine
    • Vitamin B6 deficiency syndrome
    • Excludes: vitamin B6-responsive sideroblastic anemia (285.0)
  • 266.2 Other B-complex deficiencies
    • Deficiency:
      • cyanocobalamin
      • folic acid
      • vitamin B12
    • Excludes: combined system disease with anemia (281.0-281.1)
      • deficiency anemias (281.0-281.9)
      • subacute degeneration of spinal cord with anemia (281.0-281.1)
  • 266.9 Unspecified vitamin B deficiency
• 267 Ascorbic acid deficiency
  • Deficiency of vitamin C
  • Scurvy
  • Excludes: scorbutic anemia (281.8)
• 268 Vitamin D deficiency
  • Excludes: vitamin D-resistant:
    • osteomalacia (275.3)
    • rickets (275.3)
  • 268.0 Rickets, active
    • Excludes: celiac rickets (579.0)
      • renal rickets (588.0)
  • 268.1 Rickets, late effect
    • Any condition specified as due to rickets and stated to be a late effect or sequela of rickets
    • Use additional code to identify the nature of late effect
  • 268.2 Osteomalacia, unspecified
  • 268.9 Unspecified vitamin D deficiency
    • Avitaminosis D
• 269 Other nutritional deficiencies
  • 269.0 Deficiency of vitamin K
    • Excludes: deficiency of coagulation factor due to vitamin K deficiency (286.7)
      • vitamin K deficiency of newborn (776.0)
  • 269.1 Deficiency of other vitamins
    • Deficiency:
      • vitamin E
      • vitamin P
  • 269.2 Unspecified vitamin deficiency
    • Multiple vitamin deficiency NOS
  • 269.3 Mineral deficiency, not elsewhere classified
    • Deficiency:
      • calcium, dietary
      • iodine
    • Excludes: deficiency:
      • calcium NOS (275.4)
      • potassium (276.8)
      • sodium (276.1)
  • 269.8 Other nutritional deficiency
    • Excludes: failure to thrive (783.4)
      • feeding problems (783.3)
        • newborn (779.3)
  • 269.9 Unspecified nutritional deficiency