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R68.11 - Excessive crying of infant (baby)


The ICD 10 Code for Excessive crying of infant (baby) is listed as R68.11.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R68.11
Description: Excessive crying of infant (baby)
  • Excludes1: excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
947 - Signs & Symptoms W Mcc
948 - Signs & Symptoms W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent R68.1 - Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 780.92 - Excessive crying of infant (baby)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R68.11:
R68.12 - Fussy infant (baby)
R68.13 - Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE)
R68.19 - Other nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy