309.81 POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 309.81

Short Description: Posttraumatic stress dis

Long Description: Posttraumatic stress disorder

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Neurotic disorders, personality disorders, and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (300-316)
      • 309 Adjustment reaction
        • 309.81 Posttraumatic stress dis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 309.81 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • post-traumatic stress (PTSD) 309.81
    • posttraumatic stress 309.81
      • acute 309.81
      • brief 309.81
      • chronic 309.81
    • stress (see also Reaction, stress, acute) 308.3
      • posttraumatic
        • acute 309.81
        • brief 309.81
        • chronic (motor or vocal) 309.81
  • Neurosis, neurotic 300.9
    • posttraumatic (acute) (situational) 309.81
      • chronic 309.81
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)� 309.81
  • PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)� 309.81

Crosswalk Information

The code 309.81 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
309.81 Right Arrow F43.10 Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
F43.12 Post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic
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
309.0 Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
309.1 Prolonged depressive reaction
309.21 Separation anxiety disorder
309.22 Emancipation disorder of adolescence and early adult life
309.23 Specific academic or work inhibition
309.24 Adjustment disorder with anxiety
309.28 Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
309.29 Other adjustment reactions with predominant disturbance of other emotions
309.3 Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
309.4 Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
309.82 Adjustment reaction with physical symptoms
309.83 Adjustment reaction with withdrawal
309.89 Other specified adjustment reactions
309.9 Unspecified adjustment reaction


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