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Diagnosis Code

F48.2 PSEUDOBULBAR AFFECT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F48.2

Short Description: Pseudobulbar affect

Long Description: Pseudobulbar affect

The code F48.2 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)
      • Other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F48)
        • F48.2 Pseudobulbar affect

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Pseudobulbar affect
  • Uncontrolled behavior

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code F48.2 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Involuntary emotional expression disorder
  • Code First:
    • underlying cause, if known, such as:
    • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (@G12.21*)
    • multiple sclerosis (@G35*)
    • sequelae of cerebrovascular disease (@I69*.-)
    • sequelae of traumatic intracranial injury (@S06*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F48.2 Right Arrow 310.81 Pseudobulbar affect

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
F48 Other nonpsychotic mental disorders
F48.1 Depersonalization-derealization syndrome
F48.8 Other specified nonpsychotic mental disorders
F48.9 Nonpsychotic mental disorder, unspecified

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

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