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Diagnosis Code

R62.51 FAILURE TO THRIVE (CHILD)


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R62.51

Short Description: Failure to thrive (child)

Long Description: Failure to thrive (child)

The code R62.51 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)
        • R62.51 Failure to thrive (child)

This code is valid for pediatric diagnoses

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Childhood failure to gain weight
  • Failure to gain weight
  • Failure to gain weight
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive in infant
  • Failure to thrive in infant
  • Failure to thrive in infant with AIDS
  • Organic failure to thrive
  • Pediatric failure to thrive
  • Pediatric failure to thrive
  • Renal function impairment with growth failure
  • Severe feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, microcephaly due to ASXL3 deficiency syndrome
  • Slow weight gain
  • Weight gain

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R62.51 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 R62.51 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Failure to gain weight
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (@P92.6*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R62.51 Right Arrow 783.41 Failure to thrive-child

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
R62.0 Delayed milestone in childhood
R62.5 Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.50 Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.52 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

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