ICD-10 diagnosis code

R63.6 Insufficient intake of food and water

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R63.6 is the ICD-10 code for Insufficient intake of food and water. It is a four-character subcategory of R63 (Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block R50–R69 (General symptoms and signs) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XVIII · R00–R99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What R63.6 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Insufficient intake of food and water (due to self neglect)

What R63.6 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • starvation due to anorexia R63.0
  • starvation due to privation of food X53
  • thirst due to privation of water X54
  • self neglect NOS R46.8

R63.6 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

NorwayICD-10-NO

R63.6Utilstrekkelig inntak av mat eller væske

GermanyICD-10-GM

R63.6Ungenügende Aufnahme von Nahrung und Flüssigkeit

FranceICD-10-FR

R63.6Ingestion insuffisante d'aliments et de liquides

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R63.6onvoldoende inname van voedsel en vocht

United StatesICD-10-CM

R63.6Underweight

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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