Code Attributes
- Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Clinical Information
- A broad group of psychological disorders with abnormal eating behaviors leading to physiological effects from overeating or insufficient food intake.
- A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.
- Eating disorders are serious behavior problems. They include
- anorexia nervosa, in which you become too thin, but you don't eat enough because you think you are fat
- bulimia nervosa, involving periods of overeating followed by purging, sometimes through self-induced vomiting or using laxatives
- binge-eating, which is out-of-control eating
- women are more likely than men to have eating disorders. They usually start in the teenage years and often occur along with depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse. Eating disorders can cause heart and kidney problems and even death. Getting help early is important. Treatment involves monitoring, mental health therapy, nutritional counseling and sometimes medicines.
- Group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in eating behavior, appetite or food intake.
Type 1 Excludes
- Anorexia NOS (R63.0)
- Feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)
- Polyphagia (R63.2)
Type 2 Excludes
- Feeding difficulties (R63.3-)
- Feeding disorder in infancy or childhood (F98.2-)
Codes
- F50.0 Anorexia nervosa
- F50.00 Anorexia nervosa, unspecified
- F50.01 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type
- F50.010 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, mild
- F50.011 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, moderate
- F50.012 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, severe
- F50.013 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, extreme
- F50.014 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, in remission
- F50.019 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, unspecified
- F50.02 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type
- 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
- F50.2 Bulimia nervosa,
- F50.20 Bulimia nervosa, unspecified
- F50.21 Bulimia nervosa, mild
- F50.22 Bulimia nervosa, moderate
- F50.23 Bulimia nervosa, severe
- F50.24 Bulimia nervosa, extreme
- F50.25 Bulimia nervosa, in remission
- F50.8 Other eating disorders
- F50.81 Binge eating disorder
- 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
- F50.82 Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
- F50.83 Pica in adults
- F50.84 Rumination disorder in adults
- F50.89 Other specified eating disorder
- F50.9 Eating disorder, unspecified
Source
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- "Eating Disorders | Harvard Catalyst Profiles | Harvard Catalyst". Harvard Catalyst. Harvard University, n.d., https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Concept/Eating%20Disorders. Accessed 27 Jan 2025.
- "Eating Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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- "NCI Metathesaurus". NIH - NCI Metathesaurus. National Cancer Institute, n.d., https://ncim.nci.nih.gov/ncimbrowser/pages/concept_details.jsf?code=C0013473&type=all&sortBy=type&sortBy2=cui&sab=SNOMEDCT_US. Accessed 27 Jan 2025.
- "ICD-10 Code for Eating disorders- F50- Codify by AAPC". Codify By AAPC. American Academy of Professional Coders, n.d., https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/F50. Accessed 27 Jan 2025.
- "ICD-10 Code for Eating disorders- F50- Codify by AAPC". Codify By AAPC. American Academy of Professional Coders, n.d., https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/F50. Accessed 27 Jan 2025.
