F50.2

Bulimia nervosa

Non-billable header

F50.2 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Bulimia NOS
  • Hyperorexia nervosa

Includes (from F50)

  • disorders of psychological development

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type (F50.02-)
  • anorexia NOS (R63.0) (from F50)
  • feeding problems of newborn (P92.-) (from F50)
  • polyphagia (R63.2) (from F50)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F50)
  • feeding difficulties (R63.3-) (from F50)
  • feeding disorder in infancy or childhood (F98.2-) (from F50)

Also known as

  • Bulimia NOS
  • Hyperorexia nervosa
  • Anorexia, nervosa, binge-eating type
  • Bulimia
  • Disorder, eating, bulimia

Parent code

  • F50Eating disordersHeader

More specific codes F50.2

  • F50.20Bulimia nervosa, unspecifiedBillable
  • F50.21Bulimia nervosa, mildBillable
  • F50.22Bulimia nervosa, moderateBillable
  • F50.23Bulimia nervosa, severeBillable
  • F50.24Bulimia nervosa, extremeBillable
  • F50.25Bulimia nervosa, in remissionBillable

Related codes

  • F50.0Anorexia nervosaHeader
  • F50.8Other eating disordersHeader
  • F50.9Eating disorder, unspecifiedBillable

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