Code F43. 23 is the diagnosis code used for Adjustment Disorder (AD) with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood. It is sometimes known as situational depression. It occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stress or a major life event.
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ICD-10 | Adjustment disorder with anxiety (F43. 22)
2 Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder.
The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), lists adjustment disorders in the category of trauma- and stress-related disorders, a group of conditions for which one of the explicit criteria is exposure to a traumatic or stressful event.Nov 22, 2021
F43. 20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
An adjustment disorder is an emotional or behavioral reaction to a stressful event or change in a person's life. The reaction is considered an unhealthy or excessive response to the event or change within three months of it happening.
309.24 (F43. 22) With anxiety: Nervousness, worry, jitteriness, or separation anxiety is predominant.
Adjustment disorders are stress-related conditions. You experience more stress than would normally be expected in response to a stressful or unexpected event, and the stress causes significant problems in your relationships, at work or at school.Oct 25, 2017
Code F41. 1 is the diagnosis code used for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It is an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry, that is, apprehensive expectation about events or activities.
ICD-10 code F43. 21 for Adjustment disorder with depressed mood is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders .
F41. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM F41. 9 became effective on October 1, 2021.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 309.28:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
309.28 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
References found for the code 309.28 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and phobias
General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.