E55.0Dagger codeAsterisk code

Rickets, active

Vitamin D deficiency

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GuidelinesOsteomalacia/RicketsStandard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa, Hospital Level, Adults 2019 Edition
GuidelinesRicketsDescription Diagnostic criteria General and supportive measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: E55.0 DESCRIPTION Failure to calcify osteoid tissue in a growing child, usually due to deficiency of vitamin D, its active metabolites, calcium, phosphorus or other rare causes. This leads to bone deformity. Occurs in ex-premature babies during infancy and in children with developmental