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R62.5

R62.5: Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R62.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • HIV disease resulting in failure to thrive (B20)
  • physical retardation due to malnutrition (E45)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R62.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

Other codes that can never be billed with R62.5

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • E34.3Short stature due to endocrine disorder
  • P92.6Failure to thrive in newborn

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R62.5

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under R62

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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