2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.50

Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

ICD-10-CM Code:
R62.50
ICD-10 Code for:
Unsp lack of expected normal physiol dev in childhood
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)
      • Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
        (R62)

R62.50 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like R62.50 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

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:

  • 10p partial monosomy syndrome
  • Absence of teeth
  • Altered growth and development
  • Body growth problem
  • Body weight AND/OR growth problem
  • Body weight AND/OR growth problem
  • Child developmental finding
  • Child developmental finding
  • Child developmental finding
  • Childhood growth AND/OR development alteration
  • Congenital cataract, hearing loss, severe developmental delay syndrome
  • Congenital cataract, progressive muscular hypotonia, hearing loss, developmental delay syndrome
  • Congenital prognathism
  • Congenital sideroblastic anemia, B-cell immunodeficiency, periodic fever, developmental delay syndrome
  • Delay in physiological development
  • Delayed growth and development
  • Deletion of part of chromosome 10
  • Deletion of part of chromosome 5
  • Deletion of part of long arm of chromosome 5
  • DEND syndrome
  • Developmental delay
  • Facial dysmorphism, developmental delay, behavioral abnormalities syndrome due to 10p11.21p12.31 microdeletion
  • Fallot complex with intellectual disability and growth delay syndrome
  • False anodontia
  • Familial visceral neuropathy
  • FBLN1-related developmental delay, central nervous system anomaly, syndactyly syndrome
  • Finding of infant milestone
  • Finding of infant milestone
  • Game Friedman Paradice syndrome
  • GAPO syndrome
  • GRACILE syndrome
  • Growth and developmental delay, hypotonia, vision impairment, lactic acidosis syndrome
  • Growth delay, intellectual disability, hepatopathy syndrome
  • Growth retardation, mild developmental delay, chronic hepatitis syndrome
  • Hereditary congenital hypomelanotic and hypermelanotic cutaneous macules, growth retardation, intellectual disability syndrome
  • Impairment of adolescent development
  • Impairment of child development
  • Impairment of infant development
  • Impairment of newborn development
  • Inadequate achievement of developmental tasks
  • Inadequate maintenance of developmental tasks
  • Intellectual disability, developmental delay, contracture syndrome
  • Joint contractures, developmental delay, Pierre Robin syndrome
  • Neonatal diabetes mellitus
  • Obesity, colitis, hypothyroidism, cardiac hypertrophy, developmental delay syndrome
  • Osteosclerosis, developmental delay, craniosynostosis syndrome
  • Pentose disorder
  • Physiological development failure
  • Problem of growth and development
  • Robin sequence
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency with low T- and B-cell numbers
  • Severe combined immunodeficiency, microcephaly, growth retardation, sensitivity to ionizing radiation syndrome
  • Short stature, developmental delay, congenital heart defect syndrome
  • Sonoda syndrome
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Tooth absent
  • Visceral neuropathy and brain anomaly with facial dysmorphism and developmental delay syndrome
  • WAC-related facial dysmorphism, developmental delay, behavioral abnormalities syndrome
  • X-linked microcephaly, growth retardation, prognathism, cryptorchidism syndrome

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Tetralogy of Fallot

    a combination of congenital heart defects consisting of four key features including ventricular septal defects; pulmonary stenosis; right ventricular hypertrophy; and a dextro-positioned aorta. in this condition, blood from both ventricles (oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor) is pumped into the body often causing cyanosis.

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.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These 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.
  • Infantilism NOS

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 R62.50 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 783.40 - Lack norm physio dev NOS
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education


Child Development

As children grow older, they develop in several different ways. Child development includes physical, intellectual, social, and emotional changes.

Children grow and mature at very different rates. It's hard to say what "normal" is. There can be big differences in height, weight, and build among healthy children. Diet, exercise and genes are all factors. Some children begin puberty or are close to it before they are teenagers.

Children start to become more independent from their parents. They may rebel. They also look outward - to their friends, who are usually of the same sex. Peer approval becomes very important. Your child may try new behaviors to be part of "the group." This can also be the time that parents or teachers recognize learning disabilities or behavioral problems in children. These problems can get worse as time goes on, so it is important to get help early.


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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.