ICD-10-CM code "R62.51": Failure to thrive (child) (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeR62.51
DescriptionFailure to thrive (child)
Hierarchy
  1. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
  3. Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults (R62)
  4. Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood (R62.5)
  5. Failure to thrive (child) (R62.51)
Billable statusICD-10-CM Billable code

Excludes

  1. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

    Type 2abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)

    Type 2certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)

    Type 2signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters

    Type 2signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5)

  2. General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
  3. Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults (R62)

    Type 1delayed puberty (E30.0)

    Type 1gonadal dysgenesis (Q99.1)

    Type 1hypopituitarism (E23.0)

  4. Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood (R62.5)

    Type 1HIV disease resulting in failure to thrive (B20)

    Type 1physical retardation due to malnutrition (E45)

  5. Failure to thrive (child) (R62.51)

    Type 1failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)

Includes

  1. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
  3. Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults (R62)
  4. Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood (R62.5)
  5. Failure to thrive (child) (R62.51)