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R68.1

R68.1: Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R68.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • colic, infantile (R10.83)
  • neonatal cerebral irritability (P91.3)
  • teething syndrome (K00.7)

Other codes that can never be billed with R68.1

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

  • R45.83Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R68.1

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under R68

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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