E53.8 Deficiency of other specified B group vitamins

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Biotin deficiency
• Cyanocobalamin deficiency
• Folate deficiency
• Folic acid deficiency
• Pantothenic acid deficiency
• Vitamin B12 deficiency

Excludes1 (never code together)

• folate deficiency anemia (D52.-)
• vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (D51.-)

Applies from E53 Deficiency of other B group vitamins

Excludes1 (never code together)

• sequelae of vitamin B deficiency (E64.8)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 640-641 in MDC 10.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 266.2 Other B-complex deficiencies (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to E53.8

Back-references to E53.8

• Type 1 Excludes: D51 Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia ("vitamin B12 deficiency (E53.8)")
• Type 1 Excludes: D52 Folate deficiency anemia ("folate deficiency without anemia (E53.8)")
• Type 1 Excludes: D81.81 Biotin-dependent carboxylase deficiency ("biotin-dependent carboxylase deficiency due to dietary deficiency of biotin (E53.8)")
• Code First: F02 Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere ("vitamin B deficiency (E53.8)")
• Code First: G32.0 Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere ("vitamin B12 deficiency (E53.8)")

Back-references to E53

• Code First: F06.7 Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition ("vitamin B deficiency (E53.-)")
• Code First: G32.8 Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere ("cerebral degeneration (due to) vitamin B deficiency, except thiamine (E52-E53.-)")
• Code First: G63 Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("nutritional deficiency (E40-E64)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T45.2X6 Underdosing of vitamins ("vitamin deficiencies (E50-E56)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z72.4 Inappropriate diet and eating habits ("malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64)")

Diagnosis Index entries for E53.8

• Acid › deficiency › folic
• Acid › deficiency › pantothenic
• Avitaminosis (multiple) › B12
• Chacaleh
• Deficiency, deficient › biotin
• Deficiency, deficient › choline
• Deficiency, deficient › cyanocobalamin
• Deficiency, deficient › folate
• Deficiency, deficient › folic acid
• Deficiency, deficient › inositol (B complex)
• Deficiency, deficient › pantothenic acid
• Deficiency, deficient › vitamin (multiple) NOS › B12
• Deficiency, deficient › vitamin (multiple) NOS › folic acid
• Deficiency, deficient › vitamin (multiple) NOS › group B › specified NEC
• Deficiency, deficient › vitamin (multiple) NOS › H (biotin)
• Degeneration, degenerative › brain (cortical) (progressive) › in › vitamin B12 deficiency
• Degeneration, degenerative › combined (spinal cord) (subacute)
• Degeneration, degenerative › combined (spinal cord) (subacute) › in (due to) › vitamin B12 deficiency
• Dementia (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety) › in (due to) › vitamin B12 deficiency
• Dementia (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety) › in (due to) › vitamin B12 deficiency › with behavioral disturbance
• Electric feet syndrome
• Lightning (effects) (stroke) (struck by) › foot
• Melalgia, nutritional
• Myelopathy (spinal cord) › vitamin B12
• Neuropathy, neuropathic › vitamin B12
• Painful › feet syndrome
• Polyneuropathy (peripheral) › in (due to) › vitamin B12 deficiency
• Syndrome › electric feet
• Syndrome › Gopalan's (burning feet)
• Syndrome › painful › feet

Nearby codes

• E53 Deficiency of other B group vitamins
• E53.0 Riboflavin deficiency
• E53.1 Pyridoxine deficiency
• E53.8 Deficiency of other specified B group vitamins (this code)
• E53.9 Vitamin B deficiency, unspecified