F43

Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders

Non-billable header

F43 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • disorders of psychological development

Excludes2

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

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

More specific codes F43

  • F43.0Acute stress reactionBillable
  • F43.1Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Header
  • F43.2Adjustment disordersHeader
  • F43.8Other reactions to severe stressHeader
  • F43.9Reaction to severe stress, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • F40Phobic anxiety disordersHeader
  • F41Other anxiety disordersHeader
  • F42Obsessive-compulsive disorderHeader
  • F44Dissociative and conversion disordersHeader
  • F45Somatoform disordersHeader
  • F48Other nonpsychotic mental disordersHeader

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