2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F50.21

Bulimia nervosa, mild

  • F50.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • ICD-10-CM F50.21 is a new 2025 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F50.21 – other international versions of ICD-10 F50.21 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Bulimia nervosa with 1-3 episodes of inappropriate compensatory behavior per week

The following code(s) above F50.21 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to F50.21:

  • F01-F99  Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • F50  Eating disorders
  • F50.2  Bulimia nervosa

ICD-10-CM F50.21 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 887 Other mental disorder diagnoses

Code History

  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): New code
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