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2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R63.5

Abnormal weight gain

ICD-10-CM Code:
R63.5
ICD-10 Code for:
Abnormal weight gain
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
    (R00–R99)
    • General symptoms and signs
      (R50-R69)
      • Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake
        (R63)

R63.5 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abnormal weight gain. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

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:

  • Abnormal weight gain
  • Excessive weight gain
  • Recent weight gain
  • Unintentional weight gain
  • Weight gain
  • Weight increased
  • Weight increasing

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • 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 following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes
A 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.
  • excessive weight gain in pregnancy O26.0
  • obesity E66

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert R63.5 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 783.1 - Abnormal weight gain

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • 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. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.