Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 307.52
Pica
  • ICD-9-CM 307.52 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 307.52 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 307.52.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 307.52: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 307.52 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM F98.3 Pica of infancy and childhood
Approximate Synonyms
  • Pica (eating non-food material)
  • Pica in adult
  • Pica of infancy and childhood
Applies To
  • Perverted appetite of nonorganic origin
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 307.52:
  • Amylophagia 307.52
  • Appetite
    • depraved 307.52
    • perverted 307.52
  • Clay eating 307.52
  • Depraved appetite 307.52
  • Dirt-eating child 307.52
  • Geophagia 307.52
  • Parorexia NEC 307.52
  • Perversion, perverted
    • appetite 307.52
  • Phagomania 307.52
  • Pica 307.52
  • Starch eating 307.52
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