people with anorexia nervosa commonly complain about constipation, abdominal pain, intolerance to cold, and lethargy other medical difficulties may include anemia, infertility, impaired kidney functioning, cardiovascular problems, dental erosion, and bone loss
“But in order to be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa there also needs to be an ‘intense fear of gaining weight, even though underweight,’ and a ‘disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced.’ “Therefore, someone can be ‘too thin’ but not have ‘anorexia nervosa’ if the other criteria are absent.
The four appendices to the ICD-9-CM medical insurance diagnostic codes are:
F50. 01 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
R63. 0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R63.
Table 5ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for malnutritionICD-9-CM diagnosis codeDescriptionPostsurgical nonabsorptionProtein-calorie malnutrition260Kwashiorkor261Nutritional marasmus21 more rows
Bulimia nervosa is described by ICD-10 code F50. 2 Bulimia nervosa.
R63. 0 - Anorexia | ICD-10-CM.
E63.9ICD-10 code E63. 9 for Nutritional deficiency, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .
ICD-10 code R63. 4 for Abnormal weight loss is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
Code 261 also includes severe calorie deficiency and severe malnutrition, not otherwise specified.
E06. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
ICD-10 code F50. 9 for Eating disorder, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders .
Binge-eating/purging type A person with this subtype of anorexia nervosa severely restricts energy intake and has also engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behaviour (e.g. self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives) during the past three months.
Code F33. 1 is the diagnosis code used for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Recurrent, Moderate. It is a mental disorder characterized by a pervasive and persistent low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and by a loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.
An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image. People with anorexia nervosa have an abnormal loss of appetite for food, try to avoid eating, and eat as little as possible.
Clinical Information. A disorder most often seen in adolescent females characterized by a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight, a disturbance in body image, and, in postmenarcheal females, the development of amenorrhea.
feeding problems of newborn ( P92.-) A disorder most often seen in adolescent females characterized by a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight, a disturbance in body image, and, in postmenarcheal females, the development of amenorrhea.