R46.81 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R46.81
Short Description: Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Long Description: Obsessive-compulsive behavior
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R46.81 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 appearance and behavior (R46)

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Synonyms

Addiction
Biting self
Compulsion expressed as ritual
Compulsion to act on dangerous thoughts
Compulsion to act on thoughts
Compulsive arrangement of objects
Compulsive behavior
Compulsive buying
Compulsive checking
Compulsive cleaning
Compulsive counting
Compulsive drug taking
Compulsive handwashing
Compulsive hoarding
Compulsive purposeless behavior
Compulsive repeating
Compulsive scratching behavior
Compulsive self-biting behavior
Compulsive tidying
Compulsive touching
Compulsive uncontrollable drug taking
Compulsive washing
Compulsive water drinking
Excessive exercise
Exercise history finding
Finding related to ability to resist dangerous thoughts
Finding related to ability to resist dangerous thoughts
Finding related to ability to resist obsessional thoughts
Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
Finding related to ability to resist thoughts
Hoarding
Inability to resist compulsive behaviors
Obsessive behavior
Psychological addiction
Scratches self
Unable to resist dangerous thoughts
Unable to resist obsessional thoughts

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R46.81 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Type 1 Excludes Notes:
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (@F42*.-)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R46.81		799.89	Ill-define condition NEC
R46.81		V40.39	Oth spc behavior problem

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
R46	Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
R46.0	Very low level of personal hygiene
R46.1	Bizarre personal appearance
R46.2	Strange and inexplicable behavior
R46.3	Overactivity
R46.4	Slowness and poor responsiveness
R46.5	Suspiciousness and marked evasiveness
R46.6	Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events
R46.7	Verbosity and circumstantial detail obscuring reason for contact
R46.8	Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
R46.89	Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

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

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