ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Nutritional disorders
Undernutrition
5B56 — Vitamin C deficiency
ICD-11 5B56 — Vitamin C deficiency
This condition groups several clinical consequences secondary to vitamin C deficiency with scurvy being the most severe presentation. The populations at risk of vitamin C deficiency are those for whom the fruit and vegetable supply is minimal. Epidemics of scurvy are associated with famine and war, when food supply is small and irregular. Children fed predominantly heat-treated (ultra-high-temperature or pasteurized) milk or unfortified formulas and not receiving fruits and fruit juices are at significant risk for symptomatic disease.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 5B56 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:
- 5B56.0 — Scurvy
It contains 1 clarifying diagnosis. - 5B56.Y — Other specified vitamin C deficiency
- 5B56.Z — Vitamin C deficiency, unspecified