Diagnosis Code: R68.11

Short Description: Excessive crying of infant (baby)

Long Description: Excessive crying of infant (baby)

The code R68.11 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)
    • Other general symptoms and signs (R68)
      • R68.11 Excessive crying of infant (baby)

This code is valid for pediatric diagnoses

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Constantly crying
• Constantly crying
• Constantly crying infant
• Cries easily
• Crying
• Crying, excessive
• Crying, excessive
• Crying, excessive
• Excessive crying of child
• Excessive crying of infant
• Excessive crying of newborn

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R68.11 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
• Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R68.11 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (@R45.83*)

Crosswalk Information

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

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