Hypochondriacal disorders

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

F45.20 Hypochondriacal disorder, unspecified
F45.21 Hypochondriasis
F45.22 Body dysmorphic disorder
F45.29 Other hypochondriacal disorders

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Hypochondriacal disorders

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from F45 Somatoform disorders

Excludes2 - not included here

dissociative and conversion disorders (F44.-)
factitious disorders (F68.1-, F68.A)
hair-plucking (F63.3)
lalling (F80.0)
lisping (F80.0)
malingering [conscious simulation] (Z76.5)
nail-biting (F98.8)
psychological or behavioral factors associated with disorders or diseases classified elsewhere (F54)
sexual dysfunction, not due to a substance or known physiological condition (F52.-)
thumb-sucking (F98.8)
tic disorders (in childhood and adolescence) (F95.-)
Tourette's syndrome (F95.2)
trichotillomania (F63.3)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
F45.0	Somatization disorder	Valid
F45.1	Undifferentiated somatoform disorder	Valid
F45.4	Pain disorders related to psychological factors	Not billable
F45.8	Other somatoform disorders	Valid
F45.9	Somatoform disorder, unspecified	Valid