ICD-10-CM › F01-F99 › F50-F59 › F50 Eating disorders › F50.2
Bulimia 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.
Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Bulimia nervosa
- 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.
- Disorder > feeding
- Food > rejection NEC
- Appetite > lack or loss
- Disorder > eating > anorexia
- Feeding > problem > nonorganic
- Disorder > psychogenic NOS > feeding
- Bulimia
- Hyperorexia nervosa
- Disorder > eating > bulimia
- Anorexia > nervosa > binge-eating type
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| F50.0 | Anorexia nervosa | Not billable |
| F50.8 | Other eating disorders | Not billable |
| F50.9 | Eating disorder, unspecified | Valid |