R53.83
R53.83: Other fatigue
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R53.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other fatigue. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R53.83 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- exhaustion and fatigue due to depressive episode (F32.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fatigue NOS
- Lack of energy
- Lethargy
- Tiredness
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R53.83
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R53.8: Other malaise and fatigue
- combat exhaustion and fatigue (F43.0)
- congenital debility (P96.9)
- exhaustion and fatigue due to excessive exertion (T73.3)
- exhaustion and fatigue due to exposure (T73.2)
- exhaustion and fatigue due to heat (T67.-)
- exhaustion and fatigue due to pregnancy (O26.8-)
- exhaustion and fatigue due to recurrent depressive episode (F33-)
- exhaustion and fatigue due to senile debility (R54)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R53.83 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A57122Billing and Coding: Parathormone (Parathyroid Hormone)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Exhaustion, exhaustive(physical NEC)
- Fatigue
- Lethargy
- Overstrained
- Overworked
- Prostration
- Tiredness
- Vitality, lack or want of
- Fatigue›general
- Lack of›energy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.