E60 — Dietary zinc deficiency
Is E60 billable?
Yes — E60 is billable for FY2027. E60 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. E60 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
E60 at a glance
| Code | E60 |
|---|---|
| Description | Dietary zinc deficiency |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does E60 group to?
E60 sits in MDC 10 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 640Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and Electrolytes with MCCmedical
- 641Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and Electrolytes without MCCmedical
How is E60 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to E60. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Deficiency, deficient › zinc, dietary
- Zinc › deficiency, dietary
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from Chapter 4
The conditions below can never be reported together with E60 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from E50-E64
The conditions below are not part of E60, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, E60 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- nutritional anemias (D50-D53)
How long has E60 existed?
E60 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.