308.0 STRESS REACT, EMOTIONAL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 308.0

Short Description: Stress react, emotional

Long Description: Predominant disturbance of emotions

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Neurotic disorders, personality disorders, and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (300-316)
      • 308 Acute reaction to stress
        • 308.0 Stress react, emotional

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 308.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anxiety (neurosis) (reaction) (state) 300.00
    • in
      • acute stress reaction 308.0
  • Crisis
    • emotional NEC 309.29
      • acute reaction to stress 308.0
  • Fear, fearfulness (complex) (reaction) 300.20
    • transient 308.0
  • Panic (attack) (state) 300.01
    • reaction to exceptional stress (transient) 308.0
  • Reaction
    • stress, acute 308.9
      • with predominant disturbance (of)
        • emotions 308.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 308.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
308.0 Right Arrow F43.0 Acute stress reaction
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
308.1 Predominant disturbance of consciousness
308.2 Predominant psychomotor disturbance
308.3 Other acute reactions to stress
308.4 Mixed disorders as reaction to stress
308.9 Unspecified acute reaction to stress


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