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R62.51 – Failure to thrive (child)

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Type 1 Excludes

failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)

Applicable To

Failure to gain weight

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 00000 – Failure to thrive

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Failure, failed
gain weight (child over 28 days old) R62.51
to thrive (child over 28 days old) R62.51
Lack of
development (physiological) R62.50
failure to thrive (child over 28 days old) R62.51

Sibling Codes

Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
Short stature (child)
Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Parent Sibling Codes

Delayed milestone in childhood
Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
Adult failure to thrive

View in Tabular

Code Title
R00-R99 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
R50-R69 General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
R62 Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
R62.5 Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.51 Failure to thrive (child)
Type 1 Excludes
failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)

Applicable to
Failure to gain weight