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R63.3

Feeding difficulties

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 FY2021, and a category header from FY2022.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • R63.30 Feeding difficulties, unspecified
  • R63.31 Pediatric feeding disorder, acute
  • R63.32 Pediatric feeding disorder, chronic
  • R63.39 Other feeding difficulties

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 Feeding difficulties
  2. FY2022 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 R63 Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • bulimia NOS (F50.2-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
R63.0 Anorexia Valid
R63.1 Polydipsia Valid
R63.2 Polyphagia Valid
R63.4 Abnormal weight loss Valid
R63.5 Abnormal weight gain Valid
R63.6 Underweight Valid
R63.8 Other symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake Valid