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E54

Ascorbic acid deficiency

Billable

Chapter: 4. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

Section: E50-E64 - Other nutritional deficiencies

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

Deficiency of vitamin C
Scurvy

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with E54

D53.2 - scorbutic anemia (D53.2)
E64.2 - sequelae of vitamin C deficiency (E64.2)

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