ICD-10-CM · Chapter 5 · F01–F99
F43.20
Adjustment disorder, unspecified
Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
Quick facts
- Code
- F43.20
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 5 — Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Category
- F43 — Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM F43.20 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of adjustment disorder, unspecified. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in F43
- F43Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders
- F43.0Acute stress reaction
- F43.1Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- F43.10Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
- F43.11Post-traumatic stress disorder, acute
- F43.12Post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic
- F43.2Adjustment disorders
- F43.21Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- F43.22Adjustment disorder with anxiety
- F43.23Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- F43.24Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
- F43.25Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
- F43.29Adjustment disorder with other symptoms
- F43.8Other reactions to severe stress
- F43.81Prolonged grief disorder
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