799.22 IRRITABILITY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 799.22

Short Description: Irritability

Long Description: Irritability

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality (797-799)
      • 799 Other ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality
        • 799.22 Irritability

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 799.22 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Irritability 799.22
    • bladder 596.89
      • neurogenic 596.54
        • with cauda equina syndrome 344.61
    • bowel (syndrome) 564.1
    • bronchial (see also Bronchitis) 490
    • cerebral, newborn 779.1
    • colon 564.1
      • psychogenic 306.4
    • duodenum 564.89
    • heart (psychogenic) 306.2
    • ileum 564.89
    • jejunum 564.89
    • myocardium 306.2
    • nervousness 799.21
    • rectum 564.89
    • stomach 536.9
      • psychogenic 306.4
    • sympathetic (nervous system) (see also Neuropathy, peripheral, autonomic) 337.9
    • urethra 599.84
    • ventricular (heart) (psychogenic) 306.2
  • Irritable (see also Irritability) 799.22

Crosswalk Information

The code 799.22 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
799.22 Right Arrow R45.4 Irritability and anger
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
799.01 Asphyxia
799.02 Hypoxemia
799.1 Respiratory arrest
799.21 Nervousness
799.23 Impulsiveness
799.24 Emotional lability
799.25 Demoralization and apathy
799.29 Other signs and symptoms involving emotional state
799.3 Debility, unspecified
799.4 Cachexia
799.51 Attention or concentration deficit
799.52 Cognitive communication deficit
799.53 Visuospatial deficit
799.54 Psychomotor deficit
799.55 Frontal lobe and executive function deficit
799.59 Other signs and symptoms involving cognition
799.81 Decreased libido
799.82 Apparent life threatening event in infant
799.89 Other ill-defined conditions
799.9 Other unknown and unspecified cause of morbidity and mortality


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