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F50.82

F50.82: Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F50.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, in remission

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F50.82

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on F50: Eating disorders

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F50.82

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

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 F50.82

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

F50.82 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
  • A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
  • A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
  • A56614Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Disorder›avoidant›restrictive food intake

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F50.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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