Diagnosis Code

F43.20 ADJUSTMENT DISORDER, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F43.20

Short Description: Adjustment disorder, unspecified

Long Description: Adjustment disorder, unspecified

The code F43.20 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)
        • F43.20 Adjustment disorder, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal grief reaction
  • Acute situational disturbance
  • Acute stress disorder
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Adjustment disorder in remission
  • Adjustment reaction in infancy
  • Adjustment reaction of adolescence
  • Adjustment reaction of adult life
  • Adjustment reaction of childhood
  • Adjustment reaction of late life
  • Adjustment reaction to medical therapy
  • Culture shock
  • Difficulty adapting after personal crisis
  • Difficulty coping with grief responses
  • Does not adapt after personal crisis
  • Dysfunctional grieving
  • Elective mutism due to an adjustment reaction
  • Fails to recognize stages of grief
  • Grieving process stage - finding
  • Hospitalism
  • Persistent adjustment disorder
  • Stress and adjustment reaction
  • Stress-related problem
  • Unable to adapt after personal crisis

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F43.20 Right Arrow 309.9 Adjustment reaction 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
F43.0 Acute stress reaction
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
F43.21 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