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Compare/F50 vs R63.0

F50 vs R63.0

F50 (Eating disorders) compared with R63.0 (Anorexia), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. F50 carries an Excludes1 note covering R63.0: “anorexia NOS (R63.0)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

F50Eating disordersR63.0Anorexia
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: F50.00, F50.010, F50.011, F50.012, F50.013

Billable
ClassificationF01-F99 — Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99)R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)
DefinitionEating disorders is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (F50).Anorexia is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R63.0).
Includes
Loss of appetite

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources