R62.51 - Failure to thrive (child)
| ICD-10: | R62.51 |
| Short Description: | Failure to thrive (child) |
| Long Description: | Failure to thrive (child) |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R62.51 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of failure to thrive (child). The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The code R62.51 is applicable for patients aged 0 through 17 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a patient outside the stated age range.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Childhood failure to gain weight
- Failure to gain weight
- Failure to thrive
- Failure to thrive
- Failure to thrive in infant
- Failure to thrive in infant
- Failure to thrive in infant with AIDS
- Impaired renal function disorder
- Organic failure to thrive
- Pediatric failure to thrive
- Pediatric failure to thrive
- Renal function impairment with growth failure
- Severe feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, microcephaly due to ASXL3 deficiency syndrome
- Slow weight gain
- Weight gain
Clinical Information
- Failure to Thrive-. a condition of substandard growth or diminished capacity to maintain normal function.
- Body-Weight Trajectory-. a general pattern of body weight gain or loss over many years. weight change trajectory is influenced by several determinants in children and adults.
- Gestational Weight Gain-. increase in body weight of the mother during the course of her pregnancy.
- Weight Gain-. increase in body weight over existing weight.
- Pregnancy-. the status during which female mammals carry their developing young (embryos or fetuses) in utero before birth, beginning from fertilization to birth.
- Body Weight-. the mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. it is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to this diagnosis code:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Failure to gain weight
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 ExcludesA type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- failure to thrive in child under 28 days old P92.6
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Failure, failed
- - gain weight (child over 28 days old) - R62.51
- - to thrive (child over 28 days old) - R62.51
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Pediatric diagnoses - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies in pediatric cases by checking a patient's age and any diagnosis on the patient's record. The pediatric code edits apply to patients age range is 0–17 years inclusive (e.g., Reye's syndrome, routine child health exam).
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R62.51 | 783.41 - Failure to thrive-child |
Patient Education
Growth Disorders
Does your child seem much shorter - or much taller - than other kids his or her age? It could be normal. Some children may be small for their age but still be developing normally. Some children are short or tall because their parents are.
But some children have growth disorders. Growth disorders are problems that prevent children from developing normal height, weight, sexual maturity or other features.
Very slow or very fast growth can sometimes signal a gland problem or disease.
The pituitary gland makes growth hormone, which stimulates the growth of bone and other tissues. Children who have too little of it may be very short. Treatment with growth hormone can stimulate growth.
People can also have too much growth hormone. Usually the cause is a pituitary gland tumor, which is not cancer. Too much growth hormone can cause gigantism in children, where their bones and their body grow too much. In adults, it can cause acromegaly, which makes the hands, feet and face larger than normal. Possible treatments include surgery to remove the tumor, medicines, and radiation therapy.
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Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
