Adjustment Disorders ICD-10-CM Codes

What ICD-10 Codes are Used for Adjustment Disorders? 

Here’s a list of the Adjustment disorder ICD-10 codes one can use for billing or coding:

• F43.20: Adjustment disorder, unspecified
• F43.21: Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
• F43.22: Adjustment disorder with anxiety
• F43.23: Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
• F43.24: Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
• F43.25: Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
• F43.29: Adjustment disorder with other symptoms

Which Adjustment Disorders ICD codes are Billable: 

All the codes mentioned above, which are specific ICD codes for adjustment disorder, are billable.

Clinical Information

• Adjustment disorders are a group of conditions wherein one has an emotional/behavioral reaction to a stressful event, such as being fired from work, a change in a relationship, or the death of a loved one. Though adjustment disorders are diagnosed primarily in children and adolescents, adults may also be affected by the disorder. 
• Symptoms and signs vary depending on the type. There are six ways it can manifest, including anxiety, depression, disturbance of conduct, or a combination of any of these. One may experience more specific symptoms of hopelessness, lack of concentration, low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, indigestion, insomnia, body pain, and involuntary twitching or trembling. 
• Mental health professionals are usually the ones who diagnose adjustment disorders. To diagnose, they will do a psychiatric evaluation and interview the patient and their loved ones, especially if the patient is young. 
• Common treatments for adjustment disorders are therapy and, rarely, medication.

Synonyms Include:

• Adjustment disorder
• Adjustment reaction to medical therapy/treatment
• Emotional crisis
• Adjustment disorder with academic inhibition
• Adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features