The invention discloses a method for preparing a copper selenide lithium ion battery electrode material, belongs to the field of a selenide lithium ion battery electrode material in functional materials, and aims at solving the problems that an existing method for preparing the lithium ion battery electrode material is expensive in raw material, low in yield, and not beneficial to expanded production. The method comprises the following steps: 1, dissolving Na2SeO3, Cu(CH3COO)2 and NaO into a mixed solvent of ethylene glycol and deionized water, so as to obtain a mixture A; 2, adding diamine to the mixture, so as to obtain a mixed solution B; 3, adding the mixed solution B to a high-pressure reaction kettle and carrying out thermal treatment, so as to obtain a Cu2-xSe electrode material precursor; 4, filtering, washing and drying to obtain the copper selenide lithium ion battery electrode material. According to the method, high temperature is not needed, the used raw material is simple, cheap and available, reaction pressure is small, the obtained Cu2-xSe electrode material is good in degree of crystallization, the purity can be up to over 99%, the yield can be up to 94%, and the expanded production is facilitated.