F42.4

Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

Billable / specific

F42.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from F42)

  • disorders of psychological development

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
  • other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in early childhood and adolescence (F98.8)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) (from F42)
  • obsessive-compulsive personality (disorder) (F60.5) (from F42)
  • obsessive-compulsive symptoms occurring in depression (F32.-, F33.-) (from F42)
  • obsessive-compulsive symptoms occurring in schizophrenia (F20.-) (from F42)

Also known as

  • Disorder, skin, picking
  • Excoriation, skin picking disorder

Parent code

  • F42Obsessive-compulsive disorderHeader

Related codes

  • F42.2Mixed obsessional thoughts and actsBillable
  • F42.3Hoarding disorderBillable
  • F42.8Other obsessive-compulsive disorderBillable
  • F42.9Obsessive-compulsive disorder, unspecifiedBillable

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