ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R40-R46 › R44 Other symptoms and signs involving... › R44.9

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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 R44 Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

Excludes1 - never coded here

• alcoholic hallucinations (F10.151, F10.251, F10.951)
• hallucinations in drug psychosis (F11-F19 with fifth to sixth characters 51)
• hallucinations in mood disorders with psychotic symptoms (F30.2, F31.5, F32.3, F33.3)
• hallucinations in schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29)

Excludes2 - not included here

• disturbances of skin sensation (R20.-)

Inherited from the R40-R46 section Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)

Excludes2 - not included here

• symptoms and signs constituting part of a pattern of mental disorder (F01-F99)

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.

• Loss > sensory
• Symptoms NEC > involving > general perceptions and sensations

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R44.0	Auditory hallucinations	Valid
R44.1	Visual hallucinations	Valid
R44.2	Other hallucinations	Valid
R44.3	Hallucinations, unspecified	Valid
R44.8	Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions	Valid