Diagnosis Code

F42.4 EXCORIATION (SKIN-PICKING) DISORDER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F42.4

Short Description: Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

Long Description: Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

The code F42.4 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)
      • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42)
        • F42.4 Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F42.4 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • factitial dermatitis (@L98.1*)
    • other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in early childhood and adolescence (@F98.8*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F42.4 Right Arrow 306.3 Psychogenic skin disease

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
F42 Obsessive-compulsive disorder
F42.2 Mixed obsessional thoughts and acts
F42.3 Hoarding disorder
F42.8 Other obsessive-compulsive disorder
F42.9 Obsessive-compulsive disorder, unspecified


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