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E54 ICD-10-CA code: Ascorbic acid deficiency

E54 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Ascorbic acid deficiency” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.

Official description

E54

Ascorbic acid deficiency

ICD-10-CA · Canada

Index terms

Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to E54. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.

  • Barlow's disease
  • Cheadle's disease
  • Scurvy, scorbutic
  • Scorbutus, scorbutic
  • Acid, deficiency, ascorbic
  • Scurvy, scorbutic, infantile
  • Deficiency, deficient, ascorbic acid
  • Deficiency, deficient, vitamin (multiple), C

Notes for E54

As CIHI prints them, with any note E54 takes from the headings above it.

Includes

  • Deficiency of vitamin Cscurvy

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

  • Scorbutic anaemia (D53.2)sequelae of vitamin C deficiency (E64.2)
  • 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 E54 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
  2. 2Block E50-E64Other nutritional deficiencies
  3. 3Valid code E54Ascorbic acid deficiency

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.

See E54 in the CIHI source

Frequently asked questions

What does ICD-10-CA code E54 mean?

E54 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Ascorbic acid deficiency” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.

Where is E54 in ICD-10-CA?

E54 sits under E50-E64 Other nutritional deficiencies, within Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

What coding notes apply to E54?

ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes, Note notes for E54, 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 E54

E50Vitamin A deficiencyE51Thiamine deficiencyE52Niacin deficiency [pellagra]E53Deficiency of other B group vitaminsE55Vitamin D deficiencyE56Other vitamin deficienciesE58Dietary calcium deficiencyE59Dietary selenium deficiencyE60Dietary zinc deficiencyE61Deficiency of other nutrient elementsE63Other nutritional deficienciesE64Sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies