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R62.5

Non-Billable
ChapterR00–R99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • HIV disease resulting in failure to thrive (B20)
  • physical retardation due to malnutrition (E45)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
R50-R69General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
R62Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
R62.5Other and unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.50Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
R62.51Failure to thrive (child)
R62.52Short stature (child)
R62.59Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R62.5:

categoryR62
Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
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chapterCH18
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to R62.5. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

19 raw paths
Arrest, arrested1 unique routes
development or growth
child→R62.5
Delay, delayed2 unique routes
development→R62.5(2 variants)
physiological→R62.5
Development3 unique routes
arrested→R62.5(2 variants)
child→R62.5
delayed→R62.5
Failure, failed2 unique routes
gain weight (child over 28 days old)→R62.5
to thrive (child over 28 days old)→R62.5
Faltering growth1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R62.5
Inadequate, inadequacy1 unique routes
development
child→R62.5
Lack of5 unique routes
development (physiological)→R62.5(4 variants)
failure to thrive (child over 28 days old)→R62.5
short stature→R62.5
specified type NEC→R62.5
growth→R62.5
Retardation2 unique routes
growth→R62.5
physical (child)→R62.5
Short, shortening, shortness1 unique routes
stature (child) (hereditary) (idiopathic) NEC→R62.5
Symptoms NEC1 unique routes
involving
development NEC→R62.5

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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