F50.9

Applicable To

• Atypical anorexia nervosa

• Atypical bulimia nervosa

• Feeding or eating disorder, unspecified

• Other specified feeding disorder

Approximate Synonyms

• Eating disorder

Clinical Information

• A broad group of psychological disorders with abnormal eating behaviors leading to physiological effects from overeating or insufficient food intake.

• A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.

• Eating disorders are serious behavior problems. They include

• Group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in eating behavior, appetite or food intake.

Details

• F50.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM F50.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F50.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 F50.9 may differ.