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R63.30

R63.30: Feeding difficulties, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R63.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for feeding difficulties, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R63.30

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R63.30

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on R63.3: Feeding difficulties

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R63.30 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56621Billing and Coding: Swallowing Studies for Dysphagia
  • A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Difficult, difficulty›feeding
  • Disorder›feeding(infant or child)
  • Feeding›difficulties

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R63.3

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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