2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E58
Dietary calcium deficiency
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- E58
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Dietary calcium deficiency
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
E58 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of dietary calcium deficiency. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
Approximate Synonyms
The following list of clinical terms are approximate synonyms, alternative descriptions, or common phrases that might be used by patients, healthcare providers, or medical coders to describe the same condition. These synonyms and related diagnosis terms are often used when searching for an ICD-10 code, especially when the exact medical terminology is unclear. Whether you're looking for lay terms, similar diagnosis names, or common language alternatives, this list can help guide you to the correct ICD-10 classification.
- Calcium deficiency
- Dietary calcium deficiency
- Inadequate intake of calcium
- Myopathy due to calcium deficiency
- Nutritional myopathy
Clinical Classification
Clinical Classifications group individual ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes into broader, clinically meaningful categories. These categories help simplify complex data by organizing related conditions under common clinical themes.
They are especially useful for data analysis, reporting, and clinical decision-making. Even when diagnosis codes differ, similar conditions can be grouped together based on their clinical relevance. Each category is assigned a unique CCSR code that represents a specific clinical concept, often tied to a body system or medical specialty.
Nutritional deficiencies
CCSR Code: END007
Inpatient Default: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Outpatient Default: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 ExcludesA type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Deficiency, deficient
- - calcium (dietary) - E58
- - Disturbance (s) - See Also: Disease;
- - absorption - K90.9
- - calcium - E58
- - absorption - K90.9
- - Hypocalcemia - E83.51
- - dietary - E58
Convert E58 to ICD-9-CM
Below are the ICD-9 codes that most closely match this ICD-10 code, based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs). This ICD-10 to ICD-9 crosswalk tool is helpful for coders who need to reference legacy diagnosis codes for audits, historical claims, or approximate code comparisons.
Mineral deficiency NEC
ICD-9-CM: 269.3
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means this ICD-10 code does not have an exact ICD-9 equivalent. The matched code is the closest available option, but it may not fully capture the original diagnosis or clinical intent.
Patient Education
Calcium
What is calcium and why do I need it?
Calcium is a mineral, a nutrient that you need (in small amounts) to keep your body healthy. You have more calcium in your body than any other mineral.
Calcium has many important jobs:
- To build and maintain strong bones. Your body stores almost all of its calcium in your bones and teeth to keep them strong.
- To help your muscles move.
- To help your nerves to carry messages between your brain and the rest of your body.
- To help your blood vessels move blood throughout your body.
- To help release hormones that affect many functions in your body.
Not getting enough calcium can cause several conditions, including:
- Osteoporosis, a disease which can make your bones weaker and more likely to break.
- Rickets, a disease in children that causes soft, weak bones.
- Osteomalacia, a condition which causes soft bones in children and adults.
How do I get calcium?
You can get calcium from foods and supplements. You may be able to get enough calcium by eating a variety of foods, including:
- Dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt. These are the main food sources of calcium for most people in the United States.
- Leafy, green vegetables such as kale, broccoli, and Chinese cabbage (bok choi).
- Fish with soft bones that you can eat, such as canned sardines and salmon.
- Calcium-enriched foods such as breakfast cereals, fruit juices, soy and rice drinks, and tofu. The product labels for these foods will show how much calcium they have.
Calcium is available in supplements. It is also included in many multivitamins. The two main forms of calcium supplements are calcium carbonate and calcium citrate:
- Calcium carbonate is absorbed best when taken with food. Some over-the-counter antacids, such as Tums and Rolaids, also contain calcium carbonate.
- Calcium citrate is absorbed well on an empty stomach or a full stomach. People with low levels of stomach acid absorb calcium citrate more easily than calcium carbonate.
Calcium is absorbed best when you take 500 mg or less at one time. If you are taking more than that amount each day, take a smaller dose twice a day rather than taking it all at once.
Calcium supplements might cause gas, bloating, and constipation in some people. If you have any of these symptoms, you could try:
- Spreading out the calcium dose throughout the day
- Taking it with meals
- Switching the form of calcium you take
How much calcium do I need?
The amount of calcium you need each day depends on your age and other factors. The recommended amounts, in milligrams (mg), are:
- Birth to 6 months: 200 mg
- Infants 7-12 months: 260 mg
- Children 1-3 years: 700 mg
- Children 4-8 years: 1,000 mg
- Children 9-13 years: 1,300 mg
- Teens 14-18 years: 1,300 mg
- Adults 19-50 years: 1,000 mg
- Adult men 51-70 years: 1,000 mg
- Adult women 51-70 years: 1,200 mg
- Adults 71 years and older: 1,200 mg
- Pregnant and breastfeeding teens: 1,300 mg
- Pregnant and breastfeeding adults: 1,000 mg
Certain people may have trouble getting enough calcium, including:
- Children and teens age 4 to 18 years
- People who are Black or Asian
- Adults age 50 years and older living in poverty
- Postmenopausal women; your body absorbs and retains less calcium after menopause
- People who don't drink milk or eat other dairy products
Check with your health care provider to see if you need to take calcium supplements, and if so, how much you should take. Your provider may want to first do a calcium blood test to see if you are getting enough of it.
NIH: National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements
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Malnutrition
Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. If you don't get enough nutrients -- including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals - you may suffer from malnutrition.
Causes of malnutrition include:
- Lack of specific nutrients in your diet. Even the lack of one vitamin can lead to malnutrition.
- An unbalanced diet
- Certain medical problems, such as malabsorption syndromes and cancers
Symptoms may include fatigue, dizziness, and weight loss. Or, you may have no symptoms. To diagnose the cause of the problem, your doctor may do blood tests and a nutritional assessment. Treatment may include replacing the missing nutrients and treating the underlying cause.
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.