ICD-10-CM › F01-F99 › F60-F69 › F68.1 Factitious disorder imposed on self › F68.12
F68.12
Factitious disorder imposed on self, with predominantly physical signs and symptoms
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Factitious disorder with predominantly physical signs and symptoms
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FY2019
Description revised
Factitious disorder with predominantly physical signs and symptomsFactitious disorder imposed on self, with predominantly physical signs and symptoms
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Peregrinating patient
- Münchhausen's syndrome
- Hospital hopper syndrome
- Baron Münchausen syndrome
- Syndrome > multiple operations
- Compensation > neurosis, psychoneurosis
- Symptoms NEC > factitious, self-induced
- Disorder > feigned > without obvious motivation
- Disorder > factitious > imposed on self > with predominantly > physical symptoms
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| F68.10 | Factitious disorder imposed on self, unspecified | Valid |
| F68.11 | Factitious disorder imposed on self, with predominantly psychological signs and symptoms | Valid |
| F68.13 | Factitious disorder imposed on self, with combined psychological and physical signs and symptoms | Valid |