Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for failure to thrive in adults includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Failure to Thrive in Adults
Use ICD-10 code R62.7 for adult failure to thrive, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Protein-energy malnutrition
Use when weight loss is accompanied by low albumin levels.
Eating disorder, unspecified
Use when psychosocial factors contribute to failure to thrive.
R62.7 is billable as a principal diagnosis only when all underlying etiologies are ruled out, indicating multifactorial decline without a dominant cause.
Use E46 if labs confirm malnutrition; R62.7 if decline is multifactorial without a dominant nutritional deficit.
Sequence L89.XXX (ulcer) first if active treatment is provided, followed by R62.7 if applicable.