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Z72.4

Inappropriate diet and eating habits

Billable

Code Hierarchy

Z72Z72.4

Chapter: 21. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

Section: Z69-Z76 - Persons encountering health services in other circumstances

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with Z72.4

  • behavioral eating disorders of infancy or childhood (F98.2.-F98.3)
  • eating disorders (F50.-)
  • Z59.48 - lack of adequate food (Z59.48)
  • E40.-E64 - malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64)

Related Codes

Z72.0Billable

Tobacco use

Z72.3Billable

Lack of physical exercise

Z72.5Category

High risk sexual behavior

Z72.6Billable

Gambling and betting

Z72.8Category

Other problems related to lifestyle

Z72.9Billable

Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified

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