Is R63.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R63.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R63.3 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 R63.3?

R63.3 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 R63.3 (R63) and apply to it just the same.

R63.3

R63.3 — Feeding difficulties

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R63.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for feeding difficulties. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

eating disorders (F50.-)
feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)
infant feeding disorder of nonorganic origin (F98.2-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R63.3

These are not written on R63.3, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing R63.3 with anything listed here is a denial.

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

bulimia NOS (F50.2-)

Risk adjustment

R63.3 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.

Code history

R63.3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead R63.3

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R63. If R63.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R63.3

Is R63.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R63.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R63.3 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 R63.3?: R63.3 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 R63.3 (R63) and apply to it just the same.