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Diagnosis Code

R63.5 ABNORMAL WEIGHT GAIN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R63.5

Short Description: Abnormal weight gain

Long Description: Abnormal weight gain

The code R63.5 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)
        • R63.5 Abnormal weight gain

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal weight gain
  • Excessive weight gain
  • Recent weight gain
  • Unintentional weight gain
  • Weight gain
  • Weight increased
  • Weight increasing

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R63.5 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 R63.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • excessive weight gain in pregnancy (@O26.0*-)
    • obesity (@E66*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R63.5 Right Arrow 783.1 Abnormal weight gain

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
R63 Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake
R63.0 Anorexia
R63.1 Polydipsia
R63.2 Polyphagia
R63.3 Feeding difficulties
R63.30 Feeding difficulties, unspecified
R63.31 Pediatric feeding disorder, acute
R63.32 Pediatric feeding disorder, chronic
R63.39 Other feeding difficulties
R63.4 Abnormal weight loss
R63.6 Underweight
R63.8 Other symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake

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

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