R68.11

Billable

ChapterR00–R99

Ranksubcategory

Official Description

Excessive crying of infant (baby)

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83)

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

View CH18 Notes View R68.1 Notes

Clinical Hierarchy

CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

R50-R69General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

R68Other general symptoms and signs

R68.1Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy

R68.11Excessive crying of infant (baby)

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R68.11:

subcategoryR68.1

Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy

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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 R68.11. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

4 raw paths

Baby1 unique routes

crying constantly→R68.11

Crying (constant) (continuous) (excessive)1 unique routes

infant (baby) (newborn)→R68.11

Excess, excessive, excessively1 unique routes

crying

in infant→R68.11

Infant (s)1 unique routes

excessive crying→R68.11