R63.0
R63.0: Anorexia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R63.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anorexia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R63.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Loss of appetite
Other codes that can never be billed with R63.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R63.0 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
- A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anorexia
- Dysorexia
- Appetite›lack or loss
- Lack of›appetite(see Anorexia)
- Loss›appetite(see Anorexia)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.