R63.39

R63.39: Other feeding difficulties

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R63.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other feeding difficulties. 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.

Feeding problem (elderly) (infant) NOS
Picky eater

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R63.39

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

bulimia NOS (F50.2-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R63.39

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

R63.39 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Aversion›oral
Feeding›problem(elderly) (infant)
Problem›feeding NOS(elderly) (infant)
Difficult, difficulty›feeding›elderly
Difficult, difficulty›feeding›infant NOS
Difficult, difficulty›feeding›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.