Is F50.02 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F50.02 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F50.02 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 F50.02?

F50.02 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

F50.02

F50.02 — Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F50.02 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type. 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.

bulimia nervosa (F50.2-)

Other codes that can never be billed with F50.02

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F50.02. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F50.02 alone.

F50.2Bulimia nervosa

Risk adjustment

F50.02 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.

Medicare coverage

F50.02 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57174Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing

Code to one of these instead F50.02

6 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F50.0. If F50.02 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F50.02

Is F50.02 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F50.02 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F50.02 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 F50.02?: F50.02 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.