Feeding disorder of infancy and childhood

Coding guidance (WHO 2019)

A feeding disorder of varying manifestations usually specific to infancy and early childhood. It generally involves food refusal and extreme faddiness in the presence of an adequate food supply, a reasonably competent caregiver, and the absence of organic disease. There may or may not be associated rumination (repeated regurgitation without nausea or gastrointestinal illness). Rumination disorder of infancy Excl.: anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders (F50.-) feeding: difficulties and mismanagement (R63.3) problems of newborn (P92.-) pica of infancy or childhood (F98.3)

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