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R62.51 - Failure to thrive (child)


The ICD 10 Code for Failure to thrive (child) is listed as R62.51.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R62.51
Description: Failure to thrive (child)
  • Failure to gain weight
  • Excludes1: failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
640 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W Mcc
641 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent R62.5 - Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 783.41 - Failure to thrive
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R62.51:
R62.50 - Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.52 - Short stature (child)
R62.59 - Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood