ICD-10-CM code "R68.11": Excessive crying of infant (baby) (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeR68.11
DescriptionExcessive crying of infant (baby)
Hierarchy
  1. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
  3. Other general symptoms and signs (R68)
  4. Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy (R68.1)
  5. Excessive crying of infant (baby) (R68.11)
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. Other general symptoms and signs (R68)
  4. Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy (R68.1)

    Type 1colic, infantile (R10.83)

    Type 1neonatal cerebral irritability (P91.3)

    Type 1teething syndrome (K00.7)

  5. Excessive crying of infant (baby) (R68.11)

    Type 1excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83)

Includes

  1. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
  3. Other general symptoms and signs (R68)
  4. Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy (R68.1)
  5. Excessive crying of infant (baby) (R68.11)