R68.11Excessive crying of infant (baby)

R68.11 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for excessive crying of infant (baby). It belongs to category R68 (other general symptoms and signs), block R50-R69 (general symptoms and signs) and chapter 18 (symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within R68.1 (nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy), R68.11 is specifically for excessive crying of infant (baby). Related codes cover Fussy infant (baby) (R68.12), Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE) (R68.13) and other nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy (R68.19).

Don't report R68.11 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 947 (Signs and Symptoms with MCC, relative weight 1.261) and DRG 948 (Signs and Symptoms without MCC, relative weight 0.7835), in MDC 23 (Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

The Medicare Code Editor expects this diagnosis only for patients age 0 through 17; other ages trigger an age-conflict edit.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 780.92 (excessive crying of infant (baby)).