R45.5 - Hostility
| ICD-10: | R45.5 |
| Short Description: | Hostility |
| Long Description: | Hostility |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R45.5 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of hostility. 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:
- Aggressive character
- Bullying
- Bullying
- Bullying
- Bullying of adult
- Bullying of child
- Character trait finding of level of hostility
- Emotional bullying
- Feeling hatred
- Goading
- Hostile behavior
- Intimidation
- Provocative behavior
- Teasing
- Threatening behavior
- Verbal aggression
- Verbally threatening behavior
Clinical Information
- Hostility-. tendency to feel anger toward and to seek to inflict harm upon a person or group.
- Bullying-. aggressive behavior by a more powerful party that results in physical harm to or emotional distress of the victim.
- Cyberbullying-. bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones and computers. it includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. it can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. (from https://www.stopbullying.gov)
- Occupational Stress-. adverse psychological and behavioral reactions caused by the pressures and demands of employers or clients or other factors, such as the physical environment of the workplace, workplace violence; or workplace bullying.
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:
- - Hostility - R45.5
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R45.5 | 300.9 - Nonpsychotic disord NOS | |
| 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)
