Diagnosis Code

F43.21 ADJUSTMENT DISORDER WITH DEPRESSED MOOD


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: F43.21

Short Description: Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

Long Description: Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

The code F43.21 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
    • Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (F40-F48)
      • Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders (F43)
        • F43.21 Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Adjustment disorder in remission
  • Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
  • Adjustment disorder with depressed mood in remission
  • Anticipatory grief
  • Brief depressive adjustment reaction
  • Complicated grieving
  • Grieving before death
  • Prolonged depressive adjustment reaction
  • Working through the pain of grief

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
F43.21 Right Arrow 309.0 Adjustmnt dis w depressn
309.1 Prolong depressive react

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
F43 Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders
F43.0 Acute stress reaction
F43.1 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
F43.10 Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
F43.11 Post-traumatic stress disorder, acute
F43.12 Post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic
F43.2 Adjustment disorders
F43.20 Adjustment disorder, unspecified
F43.22 Adjustment disorder with anxiety
F43.23 Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
F43.24 Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
F43.25 Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
F43.29 Adjustment disorder with other symptoms
F43.8 Other reactions to severe stress
F43.81 Prolonged grief disorder
F43.89 Other reactions to severe stress
F43.9 Reaction to severe stress, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023