ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R45.83
Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R45.83
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R45 — Symptoms and signs involving emotional state
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R45.83 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult. 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 R45
- R45Symptoms and signs involving emotional state
- R45.0Nervousness
- R45.1Restlessness and agitation
- R45.2Unhappiness
- R45.3Demoralization and apathy
- R45.4Irritability and anger
- R45.5Hostility
- R45.6Violent behavior
- R45.7State of emotional shock and stress, unspecified
- R45.8Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state
- R45.81Low self-esteem
- R45.82Worries
- R45.84Anhedonia
- R45.85Homicidal and suicidal ideations
- R45.850Homicidal ideations
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