F50.2: Bulimia nervosa
F50.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bulimia nervosa. 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.
- anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type (F50.02-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bulimia NOS
- Hyperorexia nervosa
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F50.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F50.2
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with F50.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
F50.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57174Billing and Coding: MolDX: Pharmacogenomics Testing
Code history
- deletedFY2024-FY2027
Bulimia nervosa
Code to one of these instead F50.2
6 child codes. Green means billable.