F98.21

Rumination disorder of infancy and childhood

Billable / specific

F98.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Rumination disorder in infancy or childhood, in remission

Includes (from F98)

  • disorders of psychological development
  • Note: Codes within categories F90-F98 may be used regardless of the age of a patient. These disorders generally have onset within the childhood or adolescent years, but may continue throughout life or not be diagnosed until adulthood

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • rumination disorder in adults (F50.84)

Excludes2

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

  • anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders (F50.-) (from F98.2)
  • feeding difficulties (R63.3-) (from F98.2)
  • feeding problems of newborn (P92.-) (from F98.2)
  • pica of infancy or childhood (F98.3) (from F98.2)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F98)
  • breath-holding spells (R06.89) (from F98)
  • gender identity disorder of childhood (F64.2) (from F98)
  • Kleine-Levin syndrome (G47.13) (from F98)
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42.-) (from F98)
  • sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F51.-) (from F98)

Also known as

  • Rumination disorder in infancy or childhood, in remission
  • Disorder, eating, child, rumination disorder
  • Disorder, eating, rumination, infancy or childhood
  • Disorder, rumination
  • Rumination, disorder of infancy or childhood

Parent code

  • F98.2Other feeding disorders of infancy and childhoodHeader

Related codes

  • F98.29Other feeding disorders of infancy and early childhoodBillable

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