Is F50.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. F50.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does F50.81 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 F50.81?

F50.81 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above F50.81 (F50) and apply to it just the same.

F50.81

F50.81 — Binge eating disorder

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

F50.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for binge eating disorder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F50.81

These are not written on F50.81, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing F50.81 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on F50 — Eating disorders

anorexia NOS (R63.0)
feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)
polyphagia (R63.2)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F50.81

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of F50.81, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on F50 — Eating disorders

feeding difficulties (R63.3-)
feeding disorder in infancy or childhood (F98.2-)

Other codes that can never be billed with F50.81

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at F50.81. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading F50.81 alone.

Z72.4Inappropriate diet and eating habits
P92Feeding problems of newborn

Risk adjustment

F50.81 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 history

What changed, and when. Derived by diffing consecutive CMS release files — which matters when you are defending a code assigned under an earlier edition.

deletedFY2024-FY2026
Binge eating disorder

Code to one of these instead F50.81

6 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share F50.8. If F50.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about F50.81

Is F50.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. F50.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does F50.81 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 F50.81?: F50.81 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above F50.81 (F50) and apply to it just the same.