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Table 1 ICD-9 Codes for Vitamin Deficiencies & Disorders

From: Clinically-diagnosed vitamin deficiencies and disorders in the entire United States military population, 1997–2015

Deficiency/Disorder

Specific Nutritional Problems Included in Category (ICD-9 code description)

ICD-9 Code

Thiamine (B1) Deficiency

Beriberi

265.0

Other and Unspecified Thiamine Deficiency

265.1

Riboflavin (B2) Deficiency

Ariboflavinosis

266.0

Niacin (B3) Deficiency

Pellagra

265.2

Pyridoxine (B6) Deficiency

Vitamin B6 Deficiency

266.1

Folate (B9) Deficiency

Folate Deficiency Anemia

281.2

Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Pernicious Anemia (Vitamin B12 Malabsorption)

281.0

“Other Vitamin B12” Deficiency Anemia

281.1

Folate & Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Other Megaloblastic Anemias

281.3

Other B-Complex Deficiencies

Other B-Complex Deficiencies

266.2

Unspecified B-Complex Deficiencies

266.9

Vitamin A Deficiency

Vitamin A Deficiency with Conjunctival Xerosis

264.0

Vitamin A Deficiency with Conjunctival Xerosis & Bitot’s Spot

264.1

Vitamin A Deficiency with Corneal Xerosis

264.2

Vitamin A Deficiency with Corneal Ulceration and Xerosis

264.3

Vitamin A Deficiency with Keratomalacia

264.4

Vitamin A Deficiency with Night Blindness

264.5

Vitamin A Deficiency with Xerophthalmic Scars of Cornea

264.6

Vitamin A Deficiency with Other Ocular Manifestations

264.7

Vitamin A Deficiency, Other Manifestations

264.8

Vitamin A Deficiency Unspecified

264.9

Conjunctival Xerosis Due to Vitamin A Deficiency

372.53

Vitamin C Deficiency

Ascorbic Acid Deficiency

267

Vitamin D Deficiency

Rickets, Active

268.0

Rickets, Late Effects

268.1

Osteomalacia, Unspecified

268.2

Unspecified Vitamin D Deficiency

268.9

Vitamin K Deficiency

Vitamin K Deficiency

269.0

Deficiency of “Other Vitamin”

Deficiency of “Other Vitamins”

269.1

Unspecified Vitamin Deficiency

269.2

Excess Vitamin A (Hypervitaminosis A)

Hypervitaminosis A

278.2

Hypercarotinemia

278.3

Excess Vitamin D (Hypervitaminosis D)

Hypervitaminosis D

278.4