ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Nutritional disorders
Undernutrition
5B59 — Vitamin K deficiency

ICD-11 5B59 — Vitamin K deficiency

Vitamin K is necessary for the synthesis of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X, and deficiency of vitamin K can result in clinically significant bleeding. Vitamin K deficiency typically affects infants, who experience a transient deficiency related to inadequate intake, or patients of any age who have decreased vitamin K absorption. Mild vitamin K deficiency can affect long-term bone and vascular health.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code 5B59 contains 1 clarifying diagnosis:

1. KA8F — Neonatal vitamin K deficiency
   It contains 3 clarifying diagnoses.