ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R46.6
Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R46.6
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R46 — Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R46.6 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events. 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 R46
- R46Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
- R46.0Very low level of personal hygiene
- R46.1Bizarre personal appearance
- R46.2Strange and inexplicable behavior
- R46.3Overactivity
- R46.4Slowness and poor responsiveness
- R46.5Suspiciousness and marked evasiveness
- R46.7Verbosity and circumstantial detail obscuring reason for contact
- R46.8Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
- R46.81Obsessive-compulsive behavior
- R46.89Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
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