R62.0

R62.0: Delayed milestone in childhood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R62.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for delayed milestone in childhood. 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.

Delayed attainment of expected physiological developmental stage
Late talker
Late walker

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R62.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R62: Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults

delayed puberty (E30.0)
gonadal dysgenesis (Q99.1)
hypopituitarism (E23.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R62.0 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56868Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Delay, delayed›milestone
Late›talker
Late›walker
Delay, delayed›development›milestone
Delay, delayed›development›physiological›specified stage NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.