V21.0 RAPID CHILDHOOD GROWTH


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: V21.0

Short Description: Rapid childhood growth

Long Description: Period of rapid growth in childhood

Code Classification:

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction and development (V20-V29)
      • V21 Constitutional states in development
        • V21.0 Rapid childhood growth

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V21.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Admission (encounter)
    • for
      • observation (without need for further medical care) (see also Observation) V71.9
        • growth and development variations, childhood V21.0
  • Childhood, period of rapid growth V21.0
  • Growth (fungoid) (neoplastic) (new) (M8000/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, unspecified nature
    • rapid, childhood V21.0

Crosswalk Information

The code V21.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V21.0 Right Arrow Z00.2 Encounter for exam for period of rapid growth in childhood
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
V21.1 Puberty
V21.2 Other development of adolescence
V21.30 Low birth weight status, unspecified
V21.31 Low birth weight status, less than 500 grams
V21.32 Low birth weight status, 500-999 grams
V21.33 Low birth weight status, 1000-1499 grams
V21.34 Low birth weight status, 1500-1999 grams
V21.35 Low birth weight status, 2000-2500 grams
V21.8 Other specified constitutional states in development
V21.9 Unspecified constitutional state in development


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