Diagnosis Code

F43.0 ACUTE STRESS REACTION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F43.0

Short Description: Acute stress reaction

Long Description: Acute stress reaction

The code F43.0 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)
      • Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders (F43)
        • F43.0 Acute stress reaction

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute fugue state due to acute stress reaction
  • Acute panic state due to acute stress reaction
  • Acute stress disorder
  • Acute stupor state due to acute stress reaction
  • Clouded consciousness
  • Combat fatigue
  • Exhaustion delirium
  • Psychogenic fugue
  • Psychogenic fugue
  • Psychogenic fugue co-occurrent and due to stress reaction
  • Shell shock
  • Stress and adjustment reaction
  • Stupor

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F43.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Acute crisis reaction
    • Acute reaction to stress
    • Combat and operational stress reaction
    • Combat fatigue
    • Crisis state
    • Psychic shock

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F43.0 Right Arrow 308.9 Acute stress react NOS

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
F43 Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders
F43.1 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
F43.10 Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
F43.11 Post-traumatic stress disorder, acute
F43.12 Post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic
F43.2 Adjustment disorders
F43.20 Adjustment disorder, unspecified
F43.21 Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
F43.22 Adjustment disorder with anxiety
F43.23 Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
F43.24 Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
F43.25 Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
F43.29 Adjustment disorder with other symptoms
F43.8 Other reactions to severe stress
F43.81 Prolonged grief disorder
F43.89 Other reactions to severe stress
F43.9 Reaction to severe stress, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023