298.2 REACTIVE CONFUSION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 298.2

Short Description: Reactive confusion

Long Description: Reactive confusion

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Other psychoses (295-299)
      • 298 Other nonorganic psychoses
        • 298.2 Reactive confusion

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 298.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Confusion, confused (mental) (state) (see also State, confusional) 298.9
    • psychogenic 298.2
    • reactive (from emotional stress, psychological trauma) 298.2
  • Psychosis 298.9
    • confusional 298.9
      • reactive 298.2
    • reactive (emotional stress) (psychological trauma) 298.8
      • confusion 298.2
  • State
    • confusional 298.9
      • reactive (emotional stress) (psychological trauma) 298.2
    • psychogenic, twilight 298.2
    • twilight
      • psychogenic 298.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 298.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
298.2 Right Arrow F44.89 Other dissociative and conversion disorders
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
298.0 Depressive type psychosis
298.1 Excitative type psychosis
298.3 Acute paranoid reaction
298.4 Psychogenic paranoid psychosis
298.8 Other and unspecified reactive psychosis
298.9 Unspecified psychosis


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