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Z72.4 - Inappropriate diet and eating habits


The ICD 10 Code for Inappropriate diet and eating habits is listed as Z72.4.
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: Z72.4
Description: Inappropriate diet and eating habits
  • Excludes1: behavioral eating disorders of infancy or childhood (F98.2.- F98.3)
  • eating disorders (F50.-)
  • lack of adequate food (Z59.4)
  • malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
951 - Other Factors Influencing Health Status
Chapter Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Block Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76)
Parent Z72 - Problems related to lifestyle
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: V69.1 - Inappropriate diet and eating habits
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of Z72.4:
Z72.0 - Tobacco use
Z72.3 - Lack of physical exercise
Z72.5 - High risk sexual behavior
Z72.6 - Gambling and betting
Z72.8 - Other problems related to lifestyle
Z72.9 - Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified