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F50.02

Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2024, and a category header from FY2025.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • F50.020 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, mild
  • F50.021 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, moderate
  • F50.022 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, severe
  • F50.023 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, extreme
  • F50.024 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, in remission
  • F50.029 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type
  2. FY2025 Stopped being billable

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-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
F50.00 Anorexia nervosa, unspecified Valid
F50.01 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type Not billable