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E63.0 - Essential fatty acid [EFA] deficiency


The ICD 10 Code for Essential fatty acid [EFA] deficiency is listed as E63.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: E63.0
Description: Essential fatty acid [EFA] deficiency
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
640 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W Mcc
641 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W/o Mcc
Chapter Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)
Parent E63 - Other nutritional deficiencies
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 269.8 - Other nutritional deficiency (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E63.0:
E63.1 - Imbalance of constituents of food intake
E63.8 - Other specified nutritional deficiencies
E63.9 - Nutritional deficiency, unspecified