F98.29

F98.29: Other feeding disorders of infancy and early childhood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

F98.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other feeding disorders of infancy and early childhood. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above F98.29

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

Written on F98.2: Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhood

anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders (F50.-)
feeding difficulties (R63.3-)
feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)
pica of infancy or childhood (F98.3)

Written on F98: Other behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

breath-holding spells (R06.89)
gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2)
Kleine-Levin syndrome (G47.13)
obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-)
sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F51.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

F98.29 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 11 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
A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Difficult, difficulty›feeding›nonorganic(infant or child)
Disorder›eating›child

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under F98.2

F98.21Rumination disorder of infancy and childhood