5B55.4

The ICD-11 code for vitamin a deficiency with corneal ulceration or keratomalacia is 5B55.4. The full clinical description is "Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration or keratomalacia".

ICD-11 code 5B55.4 represents “Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration or keratomalacia”. It is classified under Chapter 5: Endocrine, Nutritional or Metabolic Diseases.

5B55.4 is in Chapter 5: Endocrine, Nutritional or Metabolic Diseases (codes 5A00-5D46).

5B55.4 maps to 2 ICD-10 codes: E50.3 (Vitamin A deficiency with corneal ulceration and xerosis), E50.4 (Vitamin A deficiency with keratomalacia). ICD-10 and ICD-11 do not always have one-to-one mappings — check the mapping type (equivalent, approximate, narrower, or broader) for each result.

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.

5B55.4 maps to 6 SNOMED CT concepts: 90653005, 35516008, 190612001, 85149007, 42639000, and 1 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.