Diagnosis Code: Z72.4

Short Description: Inappropriate diet and eating habits

Long Description: Inappropriate diet and eating habits

The code Z72.4 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99)
  • Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76)
    • Problems related to lifestyle (Z72)
      • Z72.4 Inappropriate diet and eating habits

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Breakfast routine - finding
• Catering source - finding
• Diet followed - finding
• Diet not appropriate for age
• Dietary indiscretion
• Distracted during eating
• Distractibility
• Eating frequently
• Eating routine - finding
• Eating routine - finding
• Eating routine - finding
• Eats in fast food outlets
• Eats irregularly
• Eats irregularly
• Eats snacks frequently
• Finding of frequency of eating
• Finding of frequency of eating
• Finding of regularity of eating
• Finding of regularity of eating
• Inappropriate diet and eating habits
• Irregular meal frequency
• Irregular meal times
• Rarely has breakfast
• Rarely has evening meal
• Routinely consumes majority of food intake at night
• Unable to control portion size
• Unable to manage nutrition-related behavior
• Unbalanced diet

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Z72.4 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • behavioral eating disorders of infancy or childhood (@F98.2*[email protected]*)
  • eating disorders (@F50*.-)
  • lack of adequate food (@Z59.48*)
  • malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (@E40*-@E64*)

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