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R62.52

Short stature (child)

Billable

Code Hierarchy

R62R62.5R62.52

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Section: R50-R69 - General symptoms and signs

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Lack of growth
  • Physical retardation
  • Short stature NOS

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R62.52

  • short stature due to endocrine disorder (E34.3-)

Related Codes

R62.50Billable

Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

R62.51Billable

Failure to thrive (child)

R62.59Billable

Other lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

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