309.21 SEPARATION ANXIETY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 309.21

Short Description: Separation anxiety

Long Description: Separation anxiety disorder

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Neurotic disorders, personality disorders, and other nonpsychotic mental disorders (300-316)
      • 309 Adjustment reaction
        • 309.21 Separation anxiety

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 309.21 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anxiety (neurosis) (reaction) (state) 300.00
    • separation, abnormal 309.21
  • Depression 311
    • anaclitic 309.21
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • separation anxiety 309.21
  • Separation
    • anxiety, abnormal 309.21
  • Shock 785.50
    • anaclitic 309.21

Crosswalk Information

The code 309.21 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
309.21 Right Arrow F93.0 Separation anxiety disorder of childhood
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
309.0 Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
309.1 Prolonged depressive reaction
309.22 Emancipation disorder of adolescence and early adult life
309.23 Specific academic or work inhibition
309.24 Adjustment disorder with anxiety
309.28 Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
309.29 Other adjustment reactions with predominant disturbance of other emotions
309.3 Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
309.4 Adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct
309.81 Posttraumatic stress disorder
309.82 Adjustment reaction with physical symptoms
309.83 Adjustment reaction with withdrawal
309.89 Other specified adjustment reactions
309.9 Unspecified adjustment reaction


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