Is R62.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R62.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R62.0 sit in the tabular list?

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69).

What cannot be coded together with R62.0?

R62.0 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R62.0 (R62) and apply to it just the same.

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.

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

These are not written on R62.0, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing R62.0 with anything listed here is a denial.

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

R62.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R62.0 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

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

How R62.0 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to R62.0.

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

Code history

R62.0 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R62. If R62.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R62.0

Is R62.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R62.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R62.0 sit in the tabular list?: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69).
What cannot be coded together with R62.0?: R62.0 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R62.0 (R62) and apply to it just the same.