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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 267
Ascorbic acid deficiency
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 267 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 267 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 267 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E54 Ascorbic acid deficiency
Approximate Synonyms
  • Sequelae of vitamin C deficiency
  • Vitamin C deficiency
Clinical Information
  • A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin c), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into scurvy in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (cecil textbook of medicine, 19th ed, p1177)
  • Condition due to a deficiency of vitamin c
267 Excludes
Applies To
  • Deficiency of vitamin C
  • Scurvy
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 267:
  • Acid
  • Acne (pustular) (vulgaris) 706.1
    • scorbutica 267
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
    • scorbutic 267
  • Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) deficiency (scurvy) 267
  • Avitaminosis (multiple NEC) (see also Deficiency, vitamin) 269.2
    • C (with scurvy) 267
  • Barlow (-Möller) disease or syndrome (meaning infantile scurvy) 267
  • Cheadle (-Möller) (-Barlow) disease or syndrome (infantile scurvy) 267
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • ascorbic acid (with scurvy) 267
    • cevitamic acid (with scurvy) 267
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Barlow (-Möller) (infantile scurvy) 267
    • Cheadle (-Möller) (-Barlow) (infantile scurvy) 267
    • Möeller's 267
    • Möller (-Barlow) (infantile scurvy) 267
  • Hematoma (skin surface intact) (traumatic) - see also Contusion
    • subperiosteal (syndrome) 267
      • traumatic - see Hematoma, by site
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • alveoli (teeth) 526.5
      • scorbutic 267
    • scorbutic, alveoli, teeth 267
  • Moeller (-Barlow) disease (infantile scurvy) 267
  • Purpura 287.2
    • scorbutic 267
  • Rickets (active) (acute) (adolescent) (adult) (chest wall) (congenital) (current) (infantile) (intestinal) 268.0
    • hemorrhagic 267
    • scurvy 267
  • Scorbutus, scorbutic 267
  • Scurvy (gum) (infantile) (rickets) (scorbutic) 267
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Barlow (-Möller) (infantile scurvy) 267
    • Cheadle (-Möller) (-Barlow) (infantile scurvy) 267
    • subperiosteal hematoma 267
 266.9 ICD9Data.com 268 
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