R62.59
R62.59 — Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R62.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
R62.59 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.
How R62.59 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 R62.59.
- Lack of›development›specified type NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R62.5. If R62.59 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about R62.59
- Is R62.59 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R62.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R62.59 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).