ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R62.52
Short stature (child)
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R62.52
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R62 — Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R62.52 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of short stature (child). Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R62
- R62Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
- R62.0Delayed milestone in childhood
- 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)
- R62.59Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
- R62.7Adult failure to thrive
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