R68.11 Billable Code
Excessive crying of infant (baby)
Effective From: 10/01/2016
Chapter Classification
Chapter 18
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Section Detail
R50-R69
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Code Hierarchy
This code is a child of R68.1.
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83)
OPPS Editing Flags
Age Restrictions
Ages 0 to 17
External Cause
No
Mental Health
No
Manifestation (Edit 89)
No
Code First Applicable This code represents a manifestation of an underlying disease. The underlying condition must be coded first as the principal diagnosis.
No
Unacceptable PDX (Edit 113)
No
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