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F68.A
Factitious disorder imposed on another
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 2019 to now.
- FY2019 Added to the code set Factitious disorder imposed on another
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 > by proxy
- Disorder > factitious > imposed on another
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| F68.1 | Factitious disorder imposed on self | Not billable |
| F68.8 | Other specified disorders of adult personality and behavior | Valid |