Diagnosis Code

R62.0 DELAYED MILESTONE IN CHILDHOOD


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R62.0

Short Description: Delayed milestone in childhood

Long Description: Delayed milestone in childhood

The code R62.0 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)
      • Lack of expected normal physiol dev in childhood and adults (R62)
        • R62.0 Delayed milestone in childhood

This code is valid for pediatric diagnoses

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Delayed milestone
  • Delayed toilet training
  • Developmental delay in feeding
  • Not yet sitting
  • Not yet speaking
  • Not yet standing
  • Not yet walking

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R62.0 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes With Mcc (640)
  • Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes Without Mcc (641)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R62.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Delayed attainment of expected physiological developmental stage
    • Late talker
    • Late walker

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R62.0 Right Arrow 783.42 Delayed milestones

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R62 Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
R62.5 Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.50 Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.51 Failure to thrive (child)
R62.52 Short stature (child)
R62.59 Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.7 Adult failure to thrive


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