Diagnosis Code: R54

Short Description: Age-related physical debility

Long Description: Age-related physical debility

The code R54 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
    • Age-related physical debility (R54)
      • R54 Age-related physical debility

This code is valid for adult diagnoses

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Aging
• Aging
• Asthenia
• Asthenia
• Attacks of weakness
• Cachexia
• Distribution of body fat loss - finding
• Exhausted on least exertion
• Exhaustion
• Exhaustion - physiological
• Extreme old age
• Fatigability
• Fatigue
• Finding of general energy
• Frail elderly
• Frailty
• General health deterioration
• General health deterioration
• Generally unwell
• Lack of energy
• Lethargy
• Malaise
• Malaise
• Malaise and fatigue
• Old-age
• Old-age
• Problem of aging
• Quickly exhausted
• Senile asthenia
• Senile exhaustion

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R54 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Frailty
  • Old age
  • Senescence
  • Senile asthenia
  • Senile debility
• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • age-related cognitive decline (@R41.81*)
  • sarcopenia (@M62.84*)
  • senile psychosis (@F03*)
  • senility NOS (@R41.81*)

Crosswalk Information

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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