783.3 FEEDING PROBLEM


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 783.3

Short Description: Feeding problem

Long Description: Feeding difficulties and mismanagement

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 783 Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism, and development
        • 783.3 Feeding problem

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 783.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Aversion
    • oral 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
      • nonorganic origin 307.59
  • Difficulty
    • feeding 783.3
      • adult 783.3
      • breast 676.8
      • child 783.3
      • elderly 783.3
      • infant 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
      • nonorganic (infant) NEC 307.59
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • feeding (elderly) (infant) 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
      • nonorganic origin NEC 307.59
      • psychogenic NEC 307.59
  • Feeding
    • faulty (elderly) (infant) 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
    • improper (elderly) (infant) 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
    • problem (elderly) (infant)� 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
      • nonorganic origin 307.59
  • Mismanagement, feeding 783.3
  • Problem (with) V49.9
    • feeding (elderly) (infant) 783.3
      • newborn 779.31
      • nonorganic 307.59
  • Regulation feeding (elderly) (infant) 783.3
    • newborn 779.31

Crosswalk Information

The code 783.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
783.3 Right Arrow R63.3 Feeding difficulties
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
783.0 Anorexia
783.1 Abnormal weight gain
783.21 Loss of weight
783.22 Underweight
783.40 Lack of normal physiological development, unspecified
783.41 Failure to thrive
783.42 Delayed milestones
783.43 Short stature
783.5 Polydipsia
783.6 Polyphagia
783.7 Adult failure to thrive
783.9 Other symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism, and development


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