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Diagnosis Code

F45.21 HYPOCHONDRIASIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F45.21

Short Description: Hypochondriasis

Long Description: Hypochondriasis

The code F45.21 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)
      • Somatoform disorders (F45)
        • F45.21 Hypochondriasis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Cutaneous hypochondriasis
  • Fear of breast cancer
  • Fear of breast disease
  • Fear of eye disease
  • Fear of genital cancer
  • Fear of genital disease
  • Fear of sexual dysfunction
  • Fear of skin disease
  • Hypochondriasis
  • Illness anxiety disorder

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F45.21 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Hypochondriacal neurosis
    • Illness anxiety disorder

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F45.21 Right Arrow 300.7 Hypochondriasis

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
F45 Somatoform disorders
F45.0 Somatization disorder
F45.1 Undifferentiated somatoform disorder
F45.2 Hypochondriacal disorders
F45.20 Hypochondriacal disorder, unspecified
F45.22 Body dysmorphic disorder
F45.29 Other hypochondriacal disorders
F45.4 Pain disorders related to psychological factors
F45.41 Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors
F45.42 Pain disorder with related psychological factors
F45.8 Other somatoform disorders
F45.9 Somatoform disorder, unspecified

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

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