E50.5 ICD-10-CA code: Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
E50.5 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.
Official description
E50.5Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
Short description: Vit A deficiency with night blindness
ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written E505
Index terms
Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to E50.5. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.
- Blindness (acquired) (binocular) (both eyes) (congenital), night, vitamin A deficiency
Notes for E50.5
As CIHI prints them, with any note E50.5 takes from the headings above it.
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Sequelae of vitamin A deficiency (E64.1)From E50 Vitamin A deficiency
- Nutritional anaemias (D50-D53)From E50-E64 Other nutritional deficiencies
- Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn (P70-P74)From Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Note
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter II. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8)(E07.0) (E16-E31)(E34.-) may be used, if desired, as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.From Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Where E50.5 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
- 2Block E50-E64Other nutritional deficiencies
- 3Category E50Vitamin A deficiency
- 4Valid code E50.5Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does ICD-10-CA code E50.5 mean?
E50.5 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.
Where is E50.5 in ICD-10-CA?
E50.5 sits under E50 Vitamin A deficiency, within E50-E64 Other nutritional deficiencies, within Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
What coding notes apply to E50.5?
ICD-10-CA lists Excludes, Note notes for E50.5, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside E50.5
View E50E50.0Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosisE50.1Vitamin A deficiency with Bitot's spot and conjunctival xerosisE50.2Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosisE50.3Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosisE50.4Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalaciaE50.6Vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of corneaE50.7Other ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiencyE50.8Other manifestations of vitamin A deficiencyE50.9Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified