Binge eating disorder

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 FY2017 to FY2024, and a category header from FY2025.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

F50.810 Binge eating disorder, mild
F50.811 Binge eating disorder, moderate
F50.812 Binge eating disorder, severe
F50.813 Binge eating disorder, extreme
F50.814 Binge eating disorder, in remission
F50.819 Binge eating disorder, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Binge eating disorder
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
Feeding > problem > nonorganic
Disorder > psychogenic NOS > feeding
Disorder > binge eating
Disorder > eating > binge

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
F50.82	Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder	Valid
F50.83	Pica in adults	Valid
F50.84	Rumination disorder in adults	Valid
F50.89	Other specified eating disorder	Valid