E63
E63 — Other nutritional deficiencies
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E63 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other nutritional deficiencies. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with E63
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E63. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E63 alone.
- E46Unspecified protein-calorie malnutrition
Risk adjustment
E63 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead E63
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about E63
- Is E63 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E63 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E63 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64).