Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

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 9 more specific codes instead:

R45.81 Low self-esteem
R45.82 Worries
R45.83 Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult
R45.84 Anhedonia
R45.85 Homicidal and suicidal ideations (also a header)
R45.86 Emotional lability
R45.87 Impulsiveness
R45.88 Nonsuicidal self-harm
R45.89 Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

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 Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

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 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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R45.0	Nervousness	Valid
R45.1	Restlessness and agitation	Valid
R45.2	Unhappiness	Valid
R45.3	Demoralization and apathy	Valid
R45.4	Irritability and anger	Valid
R45.5	Hostility	Valid
R45.6	Violent behavior	Valid
R45.7	State of emotional shock and stress, unspecified	Valid