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R63.3 ICD-10-CM Code: Feeding difficulties

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Feeding difficulties is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (R63.3). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for R63.3 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on R63.3 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

Verify Before Coding

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name R63.3 or its code family.

3 Excludes2 notes across 2 chapters: F50, F98.2, P92.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):SYM016 — Other general signs and symptoms (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of R63.3 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • R00-R99 — Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99) (R00-R99) [Hierarchy]
  • R50-R69 — General symptoms and signs [Hierarchy]

Excludes2

  • F50 — Eating disorders [Excludes2]: “eating disorders (F50.-)” · check together
  • F98.2 — Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhood [Excludes2]: “infant feeding disorder of nonorganic origin (F98.2-)” · check together
  • P92 — Feeding problems of newborn [Excludes2]: “feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)” · check together

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • F50 — Eating disorders [Excludes2]: “feeding difficulties (R63.3-)” · check together
  • F98.2 — Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhood [Excludes2]: “feeding difficulties (R63.3-)” · check together
  • P92 — Feeding problems of newborn [Excludes2]: “feeding problems in child over 28 days old (R63.3-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • SYM016 — Other general signs and symptoms [CCSR]

Nearest codes (12)

  • R63 — Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake [Sibling]
  • R63.0 — Anorexia [Sibling]
  • R63.1 — Polydipsia [Sibling]
  • R63.2 — Polyphagia [Sibling]
  • R63.30 — Feeding difficulties, unspecified [Sibling]
  • R63.31 — Pediatric feeding disorder, acute [Sibling]
  • R63.32 — Pediatric feeding disorder, chronic [Sibling]
  • R63.39 — Other feeding difficulties [Sibling]
  • and 4 more

Change history

  • FY2022 — Became a non-billable header [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can R63.3 be billed directly?

No. R63.3 (Feeding difficulties) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to R63.3 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • R63 — Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake
  • R63.0 — Anorexia
  • R63.1 — Polydipsia
  • R63.2 — Polyphagia
  • 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
  • R63.5 — Abnormal weight gain

View all codes in the R63 family