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Compare/F50.89 vs R11

F50.89 vs R11

F50.89 (Other specified eating disorder) compared with R11 (Nausea and vomiting), 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. R11 carries an Excludes1 note covering F50.89: “psychogenic vomiting (F50.89)”

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

F50.89Other specified eating disorderR11Nausea and vomiting
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: R11.0, R11.10, R11.11, R11.12, R11.13

ClassificationF01-F99 — Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (F01-F99)R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)
DefinitionOther specified eating disorder is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (F50.89).Nausea and vomiting is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (R11).
Includes
Psychogenic 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