R45.86 EMOTIONAL LABILITY

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R45.86
Short Description: Emotional lability
Long Description: Emotional lability
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R45.86 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
- Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)
  - Symptoms and signs involving emotional state (R45)

Synonyms

Becomes angry very easily
Cyclic mood swings
Depression worse in morning
Depression worse later in day
Difficulty controlling anger
Difficulty controlling emotions
Disturbance in affect
Diurnal variation of mood
Easily upset
Finding related to ability to control anger
Finding related to ability to control emotions
Labile affect
Mood swings
Moody
Temperamental
Unpredictable in mood
Volatile Mood

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R45.86		799.24	Emotional lability

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
R45	Symptoms and signs involving emotional state
R45.0	Nervousness
R45.1	Restlessness and agitation
R45.2	Unhappiness
R45.3	Demoralization and apathy
R45.4	Irritability and anger
R45.5	Hostility
R45.6	Violent behavior
R45.7	State of emotional shock and stress, unspecified
R45.8	Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state
R45.81	Low self-esteem
R45.82	Worries
R45.83	Excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult
R45.84	Anhedonia
R45.85	Homicidal and suicidal ideations
R45.850	Homicidal ideations
R45.851	Suicidal ideations
R45.87	Impulsiveness
R45.88	Nonsuicidal self-harm
R45.89	Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2025

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