R46 SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS INVOLVING APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R46

Short Description: Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

Long Description: Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

The code R46 is NOT 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)
    - R46 Symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

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

Type 1 Excludes Notes:
- appearance and behavior in schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (@F20*-@F29*)
- mental and behavioral disorders (@F01*-@F99*)

ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
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
R46.81	Obsessive-compulsive behavior
R46.89	Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior

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