R45.4 - Irritability and anger
| ICD-10: | R45.4 |
| Short Description: | Irritability and anger |
| Long Description: | Irritability and anger |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R45.4 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of irritability and anger. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Able to control anger
- Able to control emotions
- Anger reaction
- Anger stage of grief
- Breath holding with temper
- Difficulty controlling anger
- Difficulty controlling emotions
- Feeling aggressive
- Feeling angry
- Feeling irritable
- Feeling irritable
- Finding related to ability to control anger
- Finding related to ability to control anger
- Finding related to ability to control anger
- Finding related to ability to control emotions
- Finding related to ability to control emotions
- Finding related to ability to control emotions
- Fussy toddler
- Hyperirritability
- Irritability and anger
- Irritability and anger
- Irritability postvaccinal
- Oppositional defiant disorder
- Oppositional defiant disorder co-occurrent with chronic irritability-anger
- Oppositional defiant disorder co-occurrent with chronic irritability-anger with normal prosocial emotions
- Outbursts of anger
- Temper problem
- Temper problem
- Unable to control anger
Clinical Information
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder-. a behavior disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior towards authority figures, manifested by a frequent loss of temper, arguing, becoming angry or vindictive, or other negativistic behaviors.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Anger - R45.4
- - Irritable, irritability - R45.4
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R45.4 | 799.22 - Irritability | |
| Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. | ||
Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
