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Improve Your Insight on Eating Disorders

Published on Wed Sep 10, 2025

Question: Can you explain the difference between the three different codes related to binging and purging in the ICD-10-CM code book? Also, how do I know which code is appropriate and in which scenario? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: To answer this question, let’s first identify the three codes you’re referring to from the ICD-10-CM code book: F50.2 (Bulimia nervosa) F50.81 (Binge [...]
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