F43.81

Prolonged grief disorder

Billable / specific

F43.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Complicated grief
  • Complicated grief disorder
  • Persistent complex bereavement disorder

Includes (from F43)

  • 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) (from F43)

Also known as

  • Complicated grief
  • Complicated grief disorder
  • Persistent complex bereavement disorder
  • Disorder, bereavement, persistent complex
  • Disorder, grief, complicated
  • Disorder, grief, prolonged
  • Grief, complicated
  • Grief, prolonged

Parent code

  • F43.8Other reactions to severe stressHeader

Related codes

  • F43.89Other reactions to severe stressBillable

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