Diagnosis Code: R63.39

Short Description: Other feeding difficulties

Long Description: Other feeding difficulties

The code R63.39 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)
    • Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake (R63)
      • R63.39 Other feeding difficulties

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Chewing finding
• Chewing finding
• Difficulty chewing
• Difficulty clearing mouth of residue
• Difficulty controlling bolus of food
• Difficulty cutting up food
• Difficulty drinking from a bottle
• Difficulty feeding self with left hand
• Difficulty feeding self with right hand
• Difficulty finger feeding
• Difficulty in retrieving food from buccal sulcus
• Difficulty latching on to breast for feeding
• Difficulty moving food in mouth
• Difficulty moving food in mouth
• Difficulty placing food in mouth
• Difficulty projecting bolus of food into pharynx
• Difficulty retaining food in mouth
• Difficulty sucking
• Difficulty suckling
• Difficulty taking food to mouth
• Difficulty using cutlery to feed self
• Difficulty using feeding aid
• Difficulty using fork to feed self
• Difficulty using hands to feed self
• Difficulty using knife and fork to feed self
• Difficulty using spoon to feed self
• Does not clear mouth of residue
• Does not control bolus of food
• Does not cut up food
• Does not finger feed
• Does not latch on to breast for feeding
• Does not move food in mouth
• Does not place food in mouth
• Does not project bolus of food into pharynx
• Does not retain food in mouth
• Does not suck
• Does not take food to mouth
• Does not to suckle
• Does not use cutlery to feed self
• Does not use feeding aid
• Does not use fork to feed self
• Does not use hands to feed self
• Does not use knife and fork to feed self
• Does not use left hand to feed self
• Does not use right hand to feed self
• Does not use spoon to feed self
• Elderly feeding problem
• Feeding problem
• Feeding problem due to illness
• Feeding problem in adulthood
• Feeding problem in child
• Finding of infant feeding pattern
• Finding of infant feeding pattern
• Finding related to ability to chew
• Finding related to ability to chew
• Finding related to ability to clear mouth of residue
• Finding related to ability to clear mouth of residue
• Finding related to ability to clear mouth of residue
• Finding related to ability to control bolus of food
• Finding related to ability to control bolus of food
• Finding related to ability to control bolus of food
• Finding related to ability to cut up food
• Finding related to ability to cut up food
• Finding related to ability to cut up food
• Finding related to ability to drink from bottle
• Finding related to ability to feed self with left hand
• Finding related to ability to feed self with left hand
• Finding related to ability to feed self with left hand
• Finding related to ability to feed self with right hand
• Finding related to ability to feed self with right hand
• Finding related to ability to feed self with right hand
• Finding related to ability to finger feed
• Finding related to ability to finger feed
• Finding related to ability to finger feed
• Finding related to ability to latch on to breast for feeding
• Finding related to ability to latch on to breast for feeding
• Finding related to ability to latch on to breast for feeding
• Finding related to ability to place food in mouth
• Finding related to ability to place food in mouth
• Finding related to ability to place food in mouth
• Finding related to ability to project bolus of food into pharynx
• Finding related to ability to project bolus of food into pharynx
• Finding related to ability to project bolus of food into pharynx
• Finding related to ability to retain food in mouth
• Finding related to ability to retain food in mouth
• Finding related to ability to retain food in mouth
• Finding related to ability to retrieve food from buccal sulcus
• Finding related to ability to retrieve food from buccal sulcus
• Finding related to ability to suck
• Finding related to ability to suck
• Finding related to ability to suck
• Finding related to ability to suckle
• Finding related to ability to suckle
• Finding related to ability to suckle
• Finding related to ability to take food to mouth
• Finding related to ability to take food to mouth
• Finding related to ability to take food to mouth
• Finding related to ability to use feeding aid
• Finding related to ability to use feeding aid
• Finding related to ability to use feeding aid
• Finding related to ability to use fork to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use fork to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use fork to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use knife and fork to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use knife and fork to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use knife and fork to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use spoon to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use spoon to feed self
• Finding related to ability to use spoon to feed self
• Food fads
• Infant feeding problem
• Infant not tolerating feeds
• Picky eater
• Refusal of feeds in infant
• Unable to chew
• Unable to clear mouth of residue
• Unable to control bolus of food
• Unable to cut up food
• Unable to feed self with left hand
• Unable to feed self with right hand
• Unable to finger feed
• Unable to latch on to breast for feeding
• Unable to move food in mouth
• Unable to place food in mouth
• Unable to project bolus of food into pharynx
• Unable to retain food in mouth
• Unable to retrieve food from buccal sulcus
• Unable to suck
• Unable to suckle
• Unable to take food to mouth
• Unable to use cutlery to feed self
• Unable to use feeding aid
• Unable to use fork to feed self
• Unable to use hands to feed self
• Unable to use knife and fork to feed self
• Unable to use spoon to feed self

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R63.39 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 R63.39 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Feeding problem (elderly) (infant) NOS
  • Picky eater

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