R45.8 - Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

Version 2023
No Valid Principal Dx
ICD-10:R45.8
Short Description:Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state
Long Description:Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state
Status: Not Valid for Submission
Version:ICD-10-CM 2023
Code Classification:
  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)
      • Symptoms and signs involving emotional state (R45)

R45.8 is a non-specific and non-billable ICD-10 code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of other symptoms and signs involving emotional state. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

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.

Specific Coding for Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

Non-specific codes like R45.8 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for other symptoms and signs involving emotional state:

  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.81 for Low self-esteem
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.82 for Worries
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.83 for Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.84 for Anhedonia
  • NON-BILLABLE CODE - R45.85 for Homicidal and suicidal ideations
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.850 for Homicidal ideations
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.851 for Suicidal ideations
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.86 for Emotional lability
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.87 for Impulsiveness
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.88 for Nonsuicidal self-harm
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use R45.89 for Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

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