F50
F50 — Eating disorders
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
F50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for eating disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with F50
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F50. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F50 alone.
Risk adjustment
F50 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead F50
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about F50
- Is F50 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. F50 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does F50 sit in the tabular list?
- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders (F01-F99), in the block Behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors (F50-F59).
- What cannot be coded together with F50?
- F50 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.