ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes
A00.0 | B99.9 | 1. Certain infectious and parasitic dise ... |
C00.0 | D49.9 | 2. Neoplasms (C00-D49) |
D50.0 | D89.9 | 3. Diseases of the blood and blood-formi ... |
E00.0 | E89.89 | 4. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic ... |
F01.50 | F99 | 5. Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopme ... |
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of F64.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 F64.9 may differ.
ICD-10 notes that new code F64. 0 covers both “Gender identity disorder in adolescence and adulthood” and “Gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults.” And for revised code F64. 1, ICD-10 instructs you to “Use additional code to identify sex reassignment status (Z87. 890).”
Personal history of sex reassignment The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z87. 890 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z87. 890 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z87.
ICD-10-CM Coding Tied to Gender Transition Use code Z87. 890 Personal history of sex reassignment for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) status.
ICD-10 code F64. 9 for Gender identity disorder, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders .
modifier KXSummary: Use modifier KX (requirements specified in the medical policy have been met) and Condition Code 45 (Ambiguous Gender Category) on claims for services for transgender, ambiguous gender, or hermaphrodite patients.
Gender identity disorder, unspecified9: Gender identity disorder, unspecified.
Your health care provider might make a diagnosis of gender dysphoria based on: Behavioral health evaluation. Your provider will evaluate you to confirm the presence of gender dysphoria and document how prejudice and discrimination due to your gender identity (minority stress factors) impact your mental health.
Ambiguous Gender CategoryPolicy: For Part A claims processing, institutional providers shall report condition code 45 (Ambiguous Gender Category) on any outpatient claim related to transgender or hermaphrodite issues.
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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.
Code F41. 9 is the diagnosis code used for Anxiety Disorder, Unspecified. It is a category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by anxious feelings or fear often accompanied by physical symptoms associated with anxiety.
Coding, CPT, 55970, 55980.
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The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes offer doctors and health care professionals a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and efficiency.
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) refers to this as “gender dysphoria.”. “It is important to note,” DSM-5 states, “that gender nonconformity is not in itself a mental disorder. The critical element of gender dysphoria is the presence of clinically significant distress associated with ...
The Joint Commission and others have recommended that gender identity data be routinely collected in healthcare settings. “From a clinical standpoint,” the authors of the transgender healthcare guide write, “collecting this data is essential to providing high-quality care to transgender patients.”#N#They also recommend hospitals adopt admitting/registration procedures that enable transgender patients to designate their gender identity and name in use, even when this identity differs from how their medical insurance or legal documents identify them.#N#The authors of the guide propose the follow-ing admitting/registration procedures:
According to DMS-5, “For a person to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, there must be a marked difference between the individual’s expressed/experienced gender and the gender others would assign him or her, and it must continue for at least six months.
This information is important because it tells a doctor to offer preventive screening appropriate to the patient’s anatomy.
For example, a transgender man may still have a uterus and require gynecological exams. Providers are generally able to reverse gender-related denials, but not without both the provider and patient being inconvenienced. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) already thought of this.
Medicare covers medically necessary hormone therapy and sex reassignment, as well as routine preventive care, regardless of gender markers. CMS advises institutional providers to use claim level condition code 45 Ambiguous gender category to identify such claims that pose a gender/procedure conflict.
A patient’s transgender status or history of transition-related procedures may constitute protected health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Providers should develop, implement, and train staff on the organization’s privacy policy regarding this matter. Resources.
Per the CMS Transmittal, condition code 45, Ambiguous Gender Category, needs to be reported on Part A Medicare claims to identify transgender- or hermaphrodite-related cases. The presence of this condition code on your claim will allow sex-related edits to be bypassed so your claim can be processed like other regular Medicare claims.
You might consider using diagnosis code F64.0, Transsexualism, in addition to an appropriately leveled Evaluation and Management (E/M) code. Please note that per ICD-10-CM inclusive notes for F64.0, code F64.0 covers both “gender identity disorder in adolescence and adulthood” and “gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults.”
Transgender – definitions vary, however “transgender” generally refers to a gender identity or gender expression that differs from an individual’s assigned sex, or natal gender. Of note: The term “Transgender” isn’t included in any of the ICD-10-CM code descriptors, and “Transgender” is not a term found in the Index.
Gender identity – defined in DSM-5 as “…a category of social identity and refers to an individual’s identification as male, female, or occasionally, some category other than male or female.”. It cannot be assumed that these patients have a gender identity disorder/gender dysphoria.
Code F64.1 is the only code in code category F64 that includes this instruction note, but that does not prohibit reporting Z87.890 for any applicable cases. F64.2 Gender identity disorder of childhood includes “gender dysphoria in children.”.
Incongruence – inconsistent or incompatible, not the same. Carl Rogers, PhD (1902-1987), an American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology, introduced the concept of incongruence to psychology in the 1950s.
The closest that DSM-5 comes to this term or diagnosis is “transvestic disorder.”. It appears in the chapter “Paraphylic Disorders,” not the chapter “Gender Dysphoria.”. Paraphilic disorders include voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, sexual masochism, pedophilia, and transvetic disorder. Transvestic disorder is defined as “engaging in ...
For reporting purposes, the definition for “other diagnoses” is interpreted as additional conditions that affect patient care in terms of requiring: clinical evaluation; or therapeutic treatment; or diagnostic procedures; or extended length of hospital stay; or increased nursing care and/or monitoring.
The diagnosis cannot be assigned prior the onset of puberty. Gender variant behavior and preferences alone are not a basis for assigning the diagnosis. “Transsexual” and “trans-sexualism” are inclusion terms for code HA60.