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F50.2
Non-billable

Bulimia nervosa

Chapter 5: Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Inclusion Terms

2 items
  • Bulimia NOS
  • Hyperorexia nervosa

Excludes1

1 item
  • anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type (F50.02-)

Coding Guidance

F50.2 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Includes

1 item

From F01-F99:

  • disorders of psychological development

Excludes1

3 items

From F50:

  • anorexia NOS (R63.0)
  • feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)
  • polyphagia (R63.2)

Excludes2

3 items

From F01-F99:

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

From F50:

  • feeding difficulties (R63.3-)
  • feeding disorder in infancy or childhood (F98.2-)
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