5B55

The ICD-11 code for vitamin a deficiency is 5B55. The full clinical description is "Vitamin A deficiency".

ICD-11 code 5B55 represents “Vitamin A deficiency”. It is classified under Chapter 5: Endocrine, Nutritional or Metabolic Diseases.

5B55 is in Chapter 5: Endocrine, Nutritional or Metabolic Diseases (codes 5A00-5D46).

There is no direct ICD-10 mapping available for 5B55 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-10. Use the ICD-11 to ICD-10 converter to search for related codes.

ICD-11 is the latest revision of the WHO's International Classification of Diseases, succeeding ICD-10. Key differences include: a fully digital-first design, new chapters for sleep-wake disorders, sexual health, and traditional medicine, improved coding for rare diseases, and better integration with electronic health records through extension codes.

5B55 has 8 child codes, including: 5B55.0 (Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness), 5B55.1 (Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis), 5B55.2 (Vitamin A deficiency with conjunctival xerosis and Bitot's spots), 5B55.3 (Vitamin A deficiency with corneal xerosis), and 4 more.