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F50.8

Other eating disorders

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 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • F50.81 Binge eating disorder (also a header)
  • F50.82 Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
  • F50.83 Pica in adults
  • F50.84 Rumination disorder in adults
  • F50.89 Other specified eating disorder

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 Other eating disorders
  2. FY2017 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-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
F50.0 Anorexia nervosa Not billable
F50.2 Bulimia nervosa Not billable
F50.9 Eating disorder, unspecified Valid