Nutrients and Medical Billing

Creating High-Quality Encounters

Every encounter is an opportunity to partner directly with your patients in ways that support their best overall health. The PROs know that their advice may not always be billable, but the feedback they receive can result in a high ROI for their practice. This includes the ability to appropriately code your encounters at higher levels when a final diagnosis is presented. Discover these updated International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) standards to support new opportunities for the counseling you already provide.

ICD-10 E83: Disorders of Mineral Metabolism

Non-Billing, Top-Level


This collection of codes, at this coding-level, are not to be used for reimbursement and serve as an indexing function only. Billable ICD-10 codes can be found beneath these top-level descriptors to support primary and secondary diagnosis. These codes are a start to a deeper diagnosis, and should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

E83.0 COPPER

Copper metabolism disorder and endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disorders.

E83.1 IRON

Iron metabolism disorder and endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic disorders.

E83.3 PHOSPHORUS

Disorders of phosphorus metabolism and phosphatases

E83.4 MAGNESIUM

Disorders of magnesium metabolism

E83.5 CALCIUM

Disorders of calcium metabolism

E83.8 OTHER MINERALS

Other disorders of mineral metabolism

ICD-10 Sub-Codes For Reimbursement

Billable, Sub-Level


These sub-level codes allow for direct reimbursement, and reinforce the importance of minerals:

E83.2 ZINC METABOLISM

Disorders of Zinc metabolism

E83.40 UNSPECIFIED MAGNESIUM METABOLISM

Disorders of magnesium metabolism, unspecified

E83.42 HYPOMAGNESEMIA

When lab results indicate a low blood concentration of magnesium

E83.49 OTHER MAGNESIUM METABOLISM

Other disorders of magnesium metabolism

ICD-10 E61: Other Nutrient Deficiencies

Individual Nutrient Elements


These sub-level codes allow for direct reimbursement, allowing for deeper documentation per nutrient:

E61.0 COPPER DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose copper deficiency

E61.1 IRON DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose iron deficiency

E61.2 MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose magnesium deficiency

E61.3 MANGANESE DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose manganese deficiency

E61.4 CHROMIUM DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose chromium deficiency

E61.5 MOLYBDENUM DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose molybdenum deficiency

E61.6 VANADIUM DEFICIENCY

A billable code used to diagnose vanadium deficiency

ICD-10: Multiple Nutrient Elementals

Combined Nutrient Elements


These sub-level codes allow for direct reimbursement and combine the need for multiple nutrients into one:

E61.7 DEFICIENCY OF MULTIPLE NUTRIENT ELEMENTS

A billable code used to diagnose multiple nutrient deficiencies

E61.8 DEFICIENCY OF OTHER SPECIFIED NUTRIENT ELEMENTS

A billable code used to diagnose multiple, specified nutrient deficiencies

E61.9 DEFICIENCY OF NUTRIENT ELEMENT, UNSPECIFIED

A billable code used to diagnose multiple, unspecified nutrient deficiencies