F50.22

Bulimia nervosa, moderate

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30 FY2025–2027 only

Exclusions 7 never code together

F50code

Excludes1

anorexia NOS (R63.0)R63.0
feeding problems of newborn (P92.-)P92.-
polyphagia (R63.2)R63.2

Excludes2

feeding difficulties (R63.3-)R63.3-
feeding disorder in infancy or childhood (F98.2-)F98.2-

F50.2code

Excludes1

anorexia nervosa, binge eating/purging type (F50.02-)F50.02-

F01-F99chapter

Excludes2

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 4

F50.22code

Inclusion terms

Bulimia nervosa with 4-7 episodes of inappropriate compensatory behavior per week

F50.2code

Inclusion terms

Bulimia NOS
Hyperorexia nervosa

F01-F99chapter

Includes

disorders of psychological development

Index entries leading here 4

Anorexia R63.0
- nervosa F50.00
  - binge-eating type F50.2
Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- eating (adult) (psychogenic) F50.9
  - bulimia F50.2
Bulimia (nervosa) F50.2
Hyperorexia nervosa F50.2

Alongside this code 5 same parent — F50.2

F50.20 Bulimia nervosa, unspecified F50.21 Bulimia nervosa, mild F50.23 Bulimia nervosa, severe F50.24 Bulimia nervosa, extreme F50.25 Bulimia nervosa, in remission

Medications 1

3 Bulimia Nervosa drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

CMS28HCC153 RX08HCC133

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: F50.2
Block: F50-F59
Siblings: 5

Present FY2025–FY2027.