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R63.2

R63.2: Polyphagia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R63.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for polyphagia. 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.

  • Excessive eating
  • Hyperalimentation NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R63.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R63: Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake

Other codes that can never be billed with R63.2

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

  • F50Eating disorders
  • E67Other hyperalimentation

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R63.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Cynorexia
  • Hyperalimentation
  • Hyperphagia
  • Overeating
  • Polyphagia
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›increase in appetite
  • Appetite›excessive
  • Excess, excessive, excessively›eating
  • Excess, excessive, excessively›nutrient NEC(dietary)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R63

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.