F50.9
F50.9: Eating disorder, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
F50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for eating disorder, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check F50.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Atypical anorexia nervosa
- Atypical bulimia nervosa
- Feeding or eating disorder, unspecified
- Other specified feeding disorder
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above F50.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F50.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with F50.9
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
F50.9 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 5 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
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- A56937Billing and Coding: Psychiatry and Psychology Services
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aphagia›psychogenic
- Bulimia›atypical
- Bulimia›normal weight
- Disorder›eating(adult) (psychogenic)
- Anorexia›nervosa›atypical
- Disorder›feeding›or eating disorder
- Disorder›feeding›specified NEC
- Disorder›psychogenic NOS›appetite
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.