2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R44Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

ICD-10-CM Codes›R00–R99›R40-R46›R44

ICD-10-CM R44
CMSSource: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026

R44 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code for other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions, so it cannot be submitted on claims. Use a more specific code from this category instead, such as R44.0, R44.1, R44.2, and R44.3. As a symptom code, it should not be used as a principal diagnosis once a related definitive diagnosis has been established.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
R44
Billable Status
No — Non-Billable Category
Code Describes
Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions
Short Description
Oth symptoms and signs w general sensations and perceptions
Chapter
R40-R46
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior

Code Classification

ChapterR00–R99Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
SectionR40-R46Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior
CategoryR44Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions
This CodeR44Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

Specific Coding for Oth symptoms and signs w general sensations and perceptionsOverview

Non-specific codes like R44 require more characters. Use one of these billable codes instead:

  • Use R44.0 for Auditory hallucinations

  • Use R44.1 for Visual hallucinations

  • Use R44.2 for Other hallucinations

  • Use R44.3 for Hallucinations, unspecified

  • Use R44.8 for Other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

  • Use R44.9 for Unspecified symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

Tabular List NotesGuidance

Coding notes and annotation back-references applicable to this code.

Type 1 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes

  • disturbances of skin sensation R20

Patient EducationClinical

Psychotic Disorders

Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. People with psychoses lose touch with reality. Two of the main symptoms are delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are false beliefs, such as thinking that someone is plotting against you or that the TV is sending you secret messages.

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Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2025No changes
FY 2026CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

Questions About R44Overview

Is R44 a billable code?

No. This is a category header that groups the codes for other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions, and headers cannot be submitted on claims. Claims for other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions need a more specific code from this category, such as R44.0, R44.1, and R44.2.

Can R44 be a principal diagnosis?

Use it with care. This is a symptom code, so once a definitive diagnosis explaining the other symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions is established, that condition takes the principal position instead.