Anorexia nervosa

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

F50.00 Anorexia nervosa, unspecified
F50.01 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type (also a header)
F50.02 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Anorexia nervosa

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from F50 Eating disorders

Excludes1 - never coded here

anorexia NOS (R63.0)
feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)
polyphagia (R63.2)

Excludes2 - not included here

feeding difficulties (R63.3-)
feeding disorder in infancy or childhood (F98.2-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
F50.2	Bulimia nervosa	Not billable
F50.8	Other eating disorders	Not billable
F50.9	Eating disorder, unspecified	Valid