ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
F50 Eating disorders
All 30 codes in the F50 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.
Codes in family
30
Can lead a claim
26
Cannot lead a claim
4
What CMS assigns to F50
26 of the 30 codes group to Behavioral Health; 4 are assigned no clinical group. 23 of the 30 count toward the Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities comorbidity subgroup; 7 are assigned none. 26 of the 30 can lead a claim.
- Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities: counts toward the high comorbidity tier only in an interaction pair.
Every code in F50
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F50.0 Anorexia nervosa | ||||
| F50.00 | Anorexia nervosa, unspecified | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.01 Anorexia nervosa, restricting type | ||||
| F50.010 | Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, mild | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.011 | Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, moderate | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.012 | Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, severe | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.013 | Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, extreme | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.014 | Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, in remission | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.019 | Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, unspecified | Cannot lead a claimUnspecified diagnosis code not acceptable as principal diagnosis since there is a more specific code available that would further accurately identify the condition | None | None |
| F50.02 Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type | ||||
| F50.020 | Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, mild | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.021 | Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, moderate | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.022 | Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, severe | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.023 | Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, extreme | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.024 | Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, in remission | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.029 | Anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type, unspecified | Cannot lead a claimUnspecified diagnosis code not acceptable as principal diagnosis since there is a more specific code available that would further accurately identify the condition | None | None |
| F50.2 Bulimia nervosa | ||||
| F50.20 | Bulimia nervosa, unspecified | Cannot lead a claimUnspecified diagnosis code not acceptable as principal diagnosis since there is a more specific code available that would further accurately identify the condition | None | None |
| F50.21 | Bulimia nervosa, mild | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.22 | Bulimia nervosa, moderate | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.23 | Bulimia nervosa, severe | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.24 | Bulimia nervosa, extreme | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.25 | Bulimia nervosa, in remission | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.8 Other eating disorders | ||||
| F50.81 Binge eating disorder | ||||
| F50.810 | Binge eating disorder, mild | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.811 | Binge eating disorder, moderate | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.812 | Binge eating disorder, severe | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.813 | Binge eating disorder, extreme | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.814 | Binge eating disorder, in remission | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.819 | Binge eating disorder, unspecified | Cannot lead a claimUnspecified diagnosis code not acceptable as principal diagnosis since there is a more specific code available that would further accurately identify the condition | None | None |
| F50.82 | Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder | Can lead a claim | F | None |
| F50.83 | Pica in adults | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.84 | Rumination disorder in adults | Can lead a claim | F | Psychotic, major depressive, and dissociative disorders, includes unspecified dementia, eating disorder and intellectual disabilities |
| F50.89 | Other specified eating disorder | Can lead a claim | F | None |
| F50.9 | Eating disorder, unspecified | Can lead a claim | F | None |
Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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