R63.8

R63.8: Other symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R63.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R63.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

bulimia NOS (F50.2-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R63.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hypometabolism
Increase, increased›abnormal, in development
Symptoms NEC›development NEC
Symptoms NEC›metabolism NEC
Symptoms NEC›involving›food and fluid intake

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.