Oct 01, 2021 · Adult failure to thrive. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code Adult Dx (15-124 years) R62.7 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 R62.7 became effective on October 1, 2021.
R62.7 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of adult failure to thrive. The code R62.7 is valid during the fiscal year 2022 from October 01, 2021 through September …
The ICD-9-CM Codes for Adult Failure to Thrive for billing purposes are as follows: 783.4 Failure to Thrive 799.3 Debility Unspecified 799.9.Other unknown and unspecified causes of morbidity …
783.7. Adult failure to thrive (exact match) This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all …
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code (s). The following references for the code R62.7 are found in the index:
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
Code is only used for patients 15 years old or older. R62.7 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of adult failure to thrive.
DRG Group #640-641 - Misc disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids or electrolytes with MCC.
R62.7 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Adult failure to thrive . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
NEC Not elsewhere classifiable#N#This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.
Diagnosis for males only - The diagnosis code can only apply to a male patient.
DO NOT include the decimal point when electronically filing claims as it may be rejected. Some clearinghouses may remove it for you but to avoid having a rejected claim due to an invalid ICD-10 code, do not include the decimal point when submitting claims electronically. See also: Failure, failed.
CMS’s primary justification for this clarification was concern that the use of non-specific diagnoses of adult failure to thrive and debility, without any other diagnoses, means that Medicare hospice beneficiaries are not being thoroughly assessed and therefor may not be receiving the full range of services the Medicare Hospice benefit envisioned.
CMS acknowledges that, where a patient has multiple coexisting conditions, no one condition, individually, may deem the patient as terminally ill; however, the collective presence of them and the progressive nature of some of them will contribute to the terminal diagnosis. In such instances, CMS states that the physician should “select the condition he or she feels is most contributory to the terminal prognosis, based on information in the comprehensive assessment, other relevant clinical information supporting all diagnoses, and his or her best clinical judgment.”
More significantly, CMS expressed its concern that use of a non-specific diagnosis such as adult failure to thrive or debility indicates that the “multiple comorbid conditions” that accompany these diagnoses may not be adequately diagnosed, thereby depriving beneficiaries of an informed understanding of their condition and of all the possible options available to them. CMS believes this clarification will encourage hospices to be “more intentional about addressing all of the beneficiary’s identified needs” as the end of life approaches.
Commenters questioned CMS’s concern with diagnoses, when hospice eligibility is based on the terminal prognosis of a patient, and not on diagnosis. CMS confirmed that hospice eligibility is based on a terminal prognosis. However, CMS pointed to the requirements for certifications and recertifications – that clinical information in the medical record must support the medical prognosis, and that the physician include a narrative of the clinical findings supporting the terminal diagnosis. CMS indicated that it is not seeing the level of completeness of diagnosis reporting as is required for the certifications and recertifications. Further, CMS stated that many hospices have been coding “a single terminal diagnosis” when eligibility “should always have been based on the terminal prognosis of the patient, and this prognosis would typically involve more than one diagnosis.”